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Treatment and prophylaxis of influenza and the problem of resistance to neuraminidase inhibitors
- Source :
- Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej, Vol 69, Pp 1087-1095 (2015), ResearcherID
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Index Copernicus International S.A., 2015.
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Abstract
- Influenza virus neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs), including oseltamivir, zanamivir and peramivir, are important antivirals for the treatment and prophylaxis of influenza. Increasing use of NAIs brings into focus the risk of drug resistance. The problem of resistance is of high clinical and epidemiological importance. There are generally three levels of antiviral resistance according to the way that resistance can be detected or inferred: genotypic, phenotypic and clinical resistance. Recently the problem of resistance to NAIs, although still rare (
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
viruses
Neuraminidase
lcsh:Medicine
Antiviral Agents
neuraminidase inhibitors
resistance
Young Adult
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Oseltamivir
Drug Resistance, Viral
Influenza, Human
Humans
Zanamivir
Enzyme Inhibitors
Child
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
lcsh:R
Infant
virus diseases
Middle Aged
Child, Preschool
Female
influenza
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17322693 and 00325449
- Volume :
- 69
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....db810191a10d7a2a1f4d1e69170e8c6c