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Antiviral resistance and the control of pandemic influenza: the roles of stochasticity, evolution and model details.
Journal of theoretical biology - 7 Jan 2009
Handel Andreas, Longini Ira M, Antia Rustom
Abstract excerpt
Antiviral drugs, most notably the neuraminidase inhibitors, are an important component of control strategies aimed to prevent or limit any future influenza pandemic. The potential large-scale use of antiviral drugs brings with it the danger of drug resistance evolution. A number of recent studies have shown that the emergence of drug-resistant influenza could undermine the usefulness of antiviral drugs for the...
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