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Neuraminidase inhibitor-resistant influenza viruses may differ substantially in fitness and transmissibility.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2005
Yen Hui-Ling, Herlocher Louise M, Hoffmann Erich, Matrosovich Mikhail N, Monto Arnold S, Webster Robert G, Govorkova Elena A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the conserved residues of influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) that are associated with NA inhibitor (NAI) resistance decrease the sialidase activity and/or stability of the NA, thus compromising viral fitness. In fact, clinically derived NAI-resistant variants with different NA mutations have shown different transmissibilities in ferrets (M. L. Herlocher, R. Truscon, S. Elias, H. Yen, N. A. Roberts,...
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