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High frequency of resistant viruses harboring different mutations in amantadine-treated children with influenza.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2003
Shiraishi Kyoko, Mitamura Keiko, Sakai-Tagawa Yuko, Goto Hideo, Sugaya Norio, Kawaoka Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Clinical samples from 15 amantadine-treated children were collected serially-before, during, and/or after treatment-and were studied to determine the actual prevalence, timing, and clinical implications of M2 mutational events. After viral RNA extraction and reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction amplification of the viral RNA encoding the M2 protein, the products were cloned into plasmids, and their...
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