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Antiviral Res. 2011 May 27. [Epub ahead of print]
Assessment of the efficacy of the neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir against 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in ferrets.
Govorkova EA, Marathe BM, Prevost A, Rehg JE, Webster RG.
Source
Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA.
Abstract
Pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus (H1N1pdm) is different from contemporary seasonal human viruses in that it can cause infection deep in the lungs of critical care patients. Here we establish a mammalian animal model and assessed the efficacy of the neuraminidase (NA) inhibitor oseltamivir treatment against H1N1pdm virus infection. Oseltamivir (25mg/kg/day twice daily for 5days) was orally administered to groups of ferrets, starting either 2 or 24h after inoculation with 10(6)PFU of A/California/04/2009 (H1N1) influenza virus. We determined that virus replication was restricted to 1 or 2 of 4 lung lobes in oseltamivir-treated animals, while virus was consistently isolated from 4 of 4 lung lobes in control animals (1.5-3.8log(10)PFU/g). Analysis of arterial blood oxygenation revealed less pronounced changes in partial oxygen and carbon dioxide pressure in oseltamivir-treated ferrets, and histologic examination confirmed reduced pneumonia. Treated animals had significantly decreased inflammatory responses in the upper respiratory tract (P<0.05), less fever and weight loss, and less reduction of activity. Virus titers in the nasal washes of treated and control ferrets did not differ significantly. NA sequencing and fluorescence-based phenotypic assays identified no oseltamivir-resistant variants. Overall, oseltamivir treatment decreases the signs of infection and reduced the spread of H1N1pdm influenza virus in the lungs of ferrets and therefore impeded the development of viral pneumonia.
Copyright ? 2011. Published by Elsevier B.V.
PMID:
21635924
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21635924
Assessment of the efficacy of the neuraminidase inhibitor oseltamivir against 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in ferrets.
Govorkova EA, Marathe BM, Prevost A, Rehg JE, Webster RG.
Source
Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-2794, USA.
Abstract
Pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus (H1N1pdm) is different from contemporary seasonal human viruses in that it can cause infection deep in the lungs of critical care patients. Here we establish a mammalian animal model and assessed the efficacy of the neuraminidase (NA) inhibitor oseltamivir treatment against H1N1pdm virus infection. Oseltamivir (25mg/kg/day twice daily for 5days) was orally administered to groups of ferrets, starting either 2 or 24h after inoculation with 10(6)PFU of A/California/04/2009 (H1N1) influenza virus. We determined that virus replication was restricted to 1 or 2 of 4 lung lobes in oseltamivir-treated animals, while virus was consistently isolated from 4 of 4 lung lobes in control animals (1.5-3.8log(10)PFU/g). Analysis of arterial blood oxygenation revealed less pronounced changes in partial oxygen and carbon dioxide pressure in oseltamivir-treated ferrets, and histologic examination confirmed reduced pneumonia. Treated animals had significantly decreased inflammatory responses in the upper respiratory tract (P<0.05), less fever and weight loss, and less reduction of activity. Virus titers in the nasal washes of treated and control ferrets did not differ significantly. NA sequencing and fluorescence-based phenotypic assays identified no oseltamivir-resistant variants. Overall, oseltamivir treatment decreases the signs of infection and reduced the spread of H1N1pdm influenza virus in the lungs of ferrets and therefore impeded the development of viral pneumonia.
Copyright ? 2011. Published by Elsevier B.V.
PMID:
21635924
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21635924