Avian flu: isolation of drug-resistant H5N1 virus

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7062/full/4371108a.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7062/pdf/4371108a.pdf

It presents report in the journal of Nature, of the isolation from a Vietnamese girl, of an H5N1 virus that is resistant to the drug oseltamivir, which is an inhibitor of the viral enzyme neuraminidase and is currently used for protection against and treatment of influenza.

Author(s): Le, Q. Mai, Kiso, Maki, Someya, Kazuhiko, Sakai, Yuko T., Nguyen, T. Hien, Nguyen, Khan H. L., Pham, N. Dinh, Ngyen, Ha H., Yamada, Shinya, Muramoto, Yukiko, Horimoto, Taisuke, Takada, Ayato, Goto, Hideo, Suzuki, Takashi, Suzuki, Yasuo, Kawaoka, Yoshihiro Originator(s): Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science
Resource added in: 22/11/2005
Available languages: English
Influenza in Birds, Influenza in Birds/virology, Influenza in Birds/drug therapy, Influenza A Virus, Avian
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