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Combination antiviral therapy for influenza: predictions from modeling of human infections.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Perelson Alan S, Rong Libin, Hayden Frederick G
Abstract excerpt
Emergence of resistance is a major concern in influenza antiviral treatment and prophylaxis. Combination antiviral therapy might overcome this problem. Here, we estimate that all possible single mutants and a sizeable fraction of double mutants are generated during an uncomplicated influenza infection. While most of them may sustain a fitness cost, some variants may confer drug resistance and be selected during...
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