Detection of an oseltamivir-resistant pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus in the United Arab Emirates

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-99

  Alfaresi, Mubarak ^a   Albedwawi, Saif ^a   Hag Ali, Mohammed ^a  

^a ZAYED MILITARY HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Neuraminidase gene; Oseltamivir resistance; Pandemic A H1N1 virus

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; SIALIDASE;

ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OSELTAMIVIR; PANDEMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 78650441665     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319926     Document Type: Article

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