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Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans(0)

November 18, 2009

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Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans
C.C. Blyth, J.R. Iredell, and D.E. Dwyer
Rapid antigen tests, as compared with RT-PCR assays, had poor sensitivity to the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus in 21 patients with severe infection and acute lung injury that required mechanical ventilation.
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Emergence of Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic H1N1 Virus during Prophylaxis

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Emergence of Oseltamivir-Resistant Pandemic H1N1 Virus during Prophylaxis
D.N. Fisman and Others
The results indicate that a neuraminidase mutation (H275Y) is associated with oseltamivir resistance not only in seasonal H1N1 and avian H5N1 viruses but now also in 2009 pandemic H1N1 strains.
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Older Age and a Reduced Likelihood of 2009 H1N1 Virus Infection

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Older Age and a Reduced Likelihood of 2009 H1N1 Virus Infection
D.N. Fisman and Others
Among persons who were at risk for infection with 2009 H1N1 virus, being born before 1957 was associated with a lower infection risk.
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Pathological Changes Associated with the 2009 H1N1 Virus

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Pathological Changes Associated with the 2009 H1N1 Virus
M.V. Soto-Abraham and Others
The authors performed 15 autopsies on deceased patients in whom probable influenza had been diagnosed either clinically or macroscopically.
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