Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Nature, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
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Drugs: Lines of defence
Roxanne Palmer<SUP>1</SUP>
<DL><DT>Journal name: Nature <DT>Volume: 480, Pages: S9?S10 <DT>Date published: (08 December 2011) <DT>DOI: doi:10.1038/480S9a <DT>Published online 07 December 2011 </DT></DL>
<DL><DT><DT>Antiviral treatments are a critical component of an effective healthcare response to influenza, but drug resistance to the treatment-of-choice has public health officials searching for other options. <DT> <DT><DT>The influenza virus has adapted to render the first generation of flu antivirals impotent, and there are signs of resistance to newer remedies. In late August 2011, the International Society for Infectious Diseases, based in Boston, Massachusetts, reported that 25 influenza patients in eastern Australia were infected with a strain of the notorious swine flu ? influenza A (H1N1) ? resistant to the widely used drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), made by Roche, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. The Australian case is the largest cohort of oseltamivir-resistant flu yet reported as scientists and pharmaceutical companies explore ways to outsmart the virus.</DT><DT> </DT></DL>(?)
-<DL><DT><DT>Antiviral treatments are a critical component of an effective healthcare response to influenza, but drug resistance to the treatment-of-choice has public health officials searching for other options. <DT> <DT><DT>The influenza virus has adapted to render the first generation of flu antivirals impotent, and there are signs of resistance to newer remedies. In late August 2011, the International Society for Infectious Diseases, based in Boston, Massachusetts, reported that 25 influenza patients in eastern Australia were infected with a strain of the notorious swine flu ? influenza A (H1N1) ? resistant to the widely used drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), made by Roche, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. The Australian case is the largest cohort of oseltamivir-resistant flu yet reported as scientists and pharmaceutical companies explore ways to outsmart the virus.</DT><DT> </DT></DL>(?)
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