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Severe Form of Influenza Can be Treated More Effectively
24 minutes ago
...Catherine Beauchemin is a professor in the Department of Physics and lead author of the study, "Neuraminidase inhibitors for treatment of human and avian strain influenza: A comparative modeling study." The study focuses on the treatment of severe influenza?not the kind that produces pesky symptoms such as cough, fever, chills, muscle ache and fatigue, but the kind that leads to acute respiratory illness and possible hospitalization and death...
... Beauchemin, however, found that for the severe form of the virus, treatment with Tamiflu (the most frequently prescribed NAI) can still be effective even when treatment is started as late as six to eight days after infection. The study also found that Tamiflu treatment should be continued beyond five days to prevent the infection from reactivating...
...Scheduled to be published in the January 2011 edition of the Journal of Theoretical Biology...
Severe Form of Influenza Can be Treated More Effectively
24 minutes ago
...Catherine Beauchemin is a professor in the Department of Physics and lead author of the study, "Neuraminidase inhibitors for treatment of human and avian strain influenza: A comparative modeling study." The study focuses on the treatment of severe influenza?not the kind that produces pesky symptoms such as cough, fever, chills, muscle ache and fatigue, but the kind that leads to acute respiratory illness and possible hospitalization and death...
... Beauchemin, however, found that for the severe form of the virus, treatment with Tamiflu (the most frequently prescribed NAI) can still be effective even when treatment is started as late as six to eight days after infection. The study also found that Tamiflu treatment should be continued beyond five days to prevent the infection from reactivating...
...Scheduled to be published in the January 2011 edition of the Journal of Theoretical Biology...