Detection of an influenza B virus strain with reduced susceptibility to neuraminidase inhibitor drugs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4020-4021

  Bastien, Nathalie ^a   Gubbay, Jonathan B ^b   Richardson, David ^c   Sleeman, Katrina ^d   Gubareva, Larisa ^d   Li, Yan ^e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c WILLIAM OSLER HEALTH SYSTEM   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^e Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR; SIALIDASE INHIBITOR; ZANAMIVIR;

AGED; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IC 50; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEURAMINIDASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL PROTEINS;

INFLUENZA B VIRUS;

EID: 80355145035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05069-11     Document Type: Letter

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