Treatment of mannan-enhanced influenza B virus infections in mice with oseltamivir, ribavirin and viramidine

Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 261-268

  Smee, Donald F ^a   Wandersee, Miles K ^a   Wong, Min Hui ^a   Bailey, Kevin W ^a   Sidwell, Robert W ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Collectins; Combination chemotherapy; Influenza A; Influenza B

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIN; MANNAN; OSELTAMIVIR; RIBAMIDINE; RIBAVIRIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LUNG WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 7544246301     PISSN: 09563202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095632020401500505     Document Type: Article

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