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Molecular and genetic characteristics of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase in Iranian 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) viruses.
Archives of virology - 1 May 2010
Jandaghi Nazanin Zahra Shafiei, Azad Talat Mokhtari, Naseri Maryam, Yavarian Jila, Nategh Rakhshandeh
Abstract excerpt
Influenza virus infections cause severe illness worldwide. Vaccination reduces the morbidity and mortality of influenza. The efficacy of vaccines varies due to antigenic differences between the circulating influenza strains and the vaccine. Neuraminidase inhibitors are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of influenza infections, and the emergence of drug resistant mutants is an important challenge....
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