Influenza neuraminidase inhibitors work
…antiviral and clinical effects in experimental human influenza.” In other words, if you know you have influenza, Tamiflu works reasonably well. The results of these studies justified the larger scale…
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Frederick Hayden on influenza antivirals
…drug resistance in rhinovirus and influenza viruses, and clinical testing candidate antiviral agents for influenza and rhinovirus infections. I discussed the use of antiviral drugs to treat influenza with Dr….
H5N1 facts, not fear
…of H5 viruses and development of vaccines and antivirals. Are these studies relevant to humans? Ferrets are quite susceptible to infection with influenza viruses. However, it is not clear that…
The risks and benefits of influenza H5N1 research
…make a quantitative risk-benefit analysis of H5N1 research it would be fiction. What is the risk of influenza H5N1 virus research? Many influenza researchers feel that it is low, if…
Inefficient influenza H7N9 virus aerosol transmission among ferrets
There have been 131 confirmed human infections with avian influenza H7N9 virus in China, but so far there is little evidence for human to human transmission. Three out of four…
Poliovirus is IRESistable
…vaccine (OPV). There are three different vaccine strains of poliovirus, all isolated by Albert Sabin. The genetic material of each vaccine strain contains mutations, or genetic changes, that prevent it…