Does treatment with oseltamivir prevent transmission of influenza to household contacts?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 715-716

  Hayward, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; ZANAMIVIR;

DRUG EFFICACY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; OSELTAMIVIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 76749149020     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650459     Document Type: Note

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