Avian Flu Virus Showing Resistance to Tamiflu - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
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HONG KONG, Sept. 30-Scientists here are reporting that a strain of the H5N1 avian flu virus is showing resistance to Tamiflu (oseltamivir), the antiviral many health organizations and governments are stockpiling to protect against a potential pandemic.
Tamiflu is proving less effective against the H5N1 strain that surfaced in northern Vietnam earlier this year, Hong Kong scientists reported. The greatest number of human deaths from avian flu have occurred in Vietnam since the start of the outbreak in 2003.
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