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Investigation of causes of oseltamivir chemoprophylaxis failures during influenza A (H1N1-2009) outbreaks.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology - 1 Feb 2011
Lee Vernon J, Yap Jonathan, Maurer-Stroh Sebastian, Lee Raphael T C, Eisenhaber Frank, Tay Joshua K, Ting Pei Jun, Loh Jin Phang, Wong Christopher W, Tan Boon Huan, Koay Evelyn S C, Kelly Paul M, Hibberd Martin L
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BACKGROUND: Antiviral post-exposure prophylaxis with oseltamivir has been used as a strategy in mitigating the Influenza A (H1N1-2009) pandemic. There have been few reports of well-documented prophylaxis failures and the reasons for failure. OBJECTIVES: We report herein a series of 10 cases of pr...
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