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Virus susceptibility analyses from a phase IV clinical trial of inhaled zanamivir treatment in children infected with influenza.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2013
Yates Phillip J, Mehta Nalini, Horton Joseph, Tisdale Margaret
Abstract excerpt
A zanamivir postapproval efficacy study was conducted in children (n = 279) in Japan during three influenza seasons. Pharyngeal swab specimens (n = 714) were obtained for detailed resistance analysis. From 371 cultured viruses, 3 viruses (A/H1N1) from two subjects showed reduced susceptibility to zanamivir at day 1 (before treatment), 1 had an N74S amino acid substitution (fold shift, 46), and 2 (day 1 and day 2)...
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