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Tamiflu oseltamivir infectious data

December 21, 2009 8:00 AM UTC

Researchers at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Hanoi and colleagues reported a cluster of 7 cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) infection in Vietnam that were resistant to Tamiflu oseltamivir before any of the patients received treatment with Tamiflu. The researchers said the findings show that resistant swine flu is transmissible and can cause disease in healthy individuals in the absence of selective drug pressure. The report was published as a correspondence in the New England Journal of Medicine. ...