Oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus in Greece during the post-pandemic 2010-2011 season

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-74

  Kourti, Afroditi ^a   Spanakos, Gregory ^a,b   Politi, Leda ^a   Stavropoulou, Anastasia ^a   Spanakis, Nicholas ^a   Tsakris, Athanassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

Author keywords

Influenza H1N1; Oseltamivir; Post pandemic influenza season; Resistance

Indexed keywords

OSELTAMIVIR;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, VIRAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OSELTAMIVIR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861852616     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.03.021     Document Type: Article

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