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Competitive Fitness of Influenza B Viruses Possessing E119A and H274Y Neuraminidase Inhibitor Resistance-Associated Substitutions in Ferrets.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Pascua Philippe Noriel Q, Marathe Bindumadhav M, Burnham Andrew J, Vogel Peter, Webby Richard J, Webster Robert G, Govorkova Elena A
Abstract excerpt
Neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors (NAIs) are the only antiviral drugs recommended for influenza treatment and prophylaxis. Although NAI-resistant influenza B viruses that could pose a threat to public health have been reported in the field, their fitness is poorly understood. We evaluated in ferrets the pathogenicity and relative fitness of reverse genetics (rg)-generated influenza B/Yamanashi/166/1998-like viruses...
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