Rare Influenza A (H3N2) Variants with Reduced Sensitivity to Antiviral Drugs

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Dapat, Clyde ; Suzuki, Yasushi ; Saito, Reiko ; Kyaw, Yadanar ; Myint, Yi Yi ; Lin, Nay ; Oo, Htun Naing ; Oo, Khin Yi ; Win, Ne ; Naito, Makoto ; Hasegawa, Go ; Dapat, Isolde C. ; Zaraket, Hassan ; Baranovich, Tatiana ; Nishikawa, Makoto ; Saito, Takehiko ; Suzuki, Hiroshi
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• Description:
  In 2007 and 2008 in Myanmar, we detected influenza viruses A (H3N2) that exhibited reduced sensitivity to both zanamivir and amantadine. These rare and naturally occurring viruses harbored a novel Q136K mutation in neuraminidase and S31N mutation in M2.
• Subjects:
  • Dispatch
  • Influenza A virus
  • H3N2 subtype
  • zanamivir
  • amantadine
  • antiviral drug resistance
  • viruses
  • expedited
  • dispatch
  • Amantadine
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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(3):493-496.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Myanmar
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18080/cdc_18080_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 199.60 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b79f2ae31be271eeb836456ceb0477866db99ee8de9e6060520cb24b3c321e63