WHO Warns of Drug-Resistant Flu

The World Health Organization is urging doctors to be alert to the high risk of the emergence of influenza viruses resistant to the antiviral drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu).

The Global Influenza Surveillance Network has detected incidents of H1N1 pandemic viruses that are resistant to antiviral drugs. So far 28 different antiviral-resistant viruses have been identified worldwide.

An article by the World Health Organization stated, “As use of antiviral drugs continues to grow, further reports of drug-resistant viruses are certain to occur.”

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/notes/h1n1_antiviral_use_20090925/en/index.html

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