Does oseltamivir work against influenza B?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-

  Wright, Peter F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGING; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JAPAN; OSELTAMIVIR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846145108     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509933     Document Type: Note

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