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The Lancet Infect Dis. Optimum timing of oseltamivir: lessons from Bangladesh

Giuseppe

Emeritus
[Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, full page: (LINK). Extract.]


The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Early Online Publication, 22 November 2013

doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70287-1

Copyright ? 2013 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.

Optimum timing of oseltamivir: lessons from Bangladesh

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Michael G Ison a
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Widespread resistance in currently circulating influenza A viruses has reduced the options for antiviral therapy against influenza. Neuraminidase inhibitors, including laninamivir, oseltamivir, peramivir, and zanamivir, are the only approved anti-influenza drugs that have proven activity against circulating strains of influenza A and B viruses worldwide. Oseltamivir is available in both pill and oral suspension formulations that can be given safely to patients of any age. Furthermore, oselta ...
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a Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA


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