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1. A description is given of some of the biochemical changes which occur in tissues infected with herpes virus. 2. Evidence is presented which indicates that herpes virus causes accelerated proliferation in the host cells of embryonic liver and heart. 3. The propagation of the herpes virus appears to induce a marked stimulation in the nucleic acid synthesis of the host cell. 4. It is shown that in herpetic liver there is a change in the normal ratio of succinoxidase to α-ketoglutaric acid oxidase activity. Herpetic infection of the heart is accompanied by a decrease in succinoxidase and α-ketoglutaric acid oxidase activities.
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