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[True Blue Liberal] Bird Flu Virus ”˜Resisting Drug’: Oxford University researchers report two cases of patients in Vietnam who died after failing to respond to treatment with the drug Tamiflu. Details

 [Malaysian Medical Resources] Bird flu virus resisting Tamiflu: Bird flu virus resisting Tamiflu by Palmdoc @ 7:22 am. Filed under - General, - Palmdoc Countries stockpiling Tamiflu may be well wasting their time if the Bird flu virus demonstrates widespread resistance to antivirals like Tamiflu.

 [Effectmeasure.blogspot.com] Effect Measure: Tamiflu: worth "considering": In addition the UK announced it will buy 14.6 million courses of oseltamivir (Tamiflu), which if given within two days of onset may reduce the severity of the disease, and could have some prophylactic value for essential populations like health care workers, police, transport workers and firefighters. The purchase will be made in two 7 million-course buys, this year and next year.

 [Guardian.co.uk] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Flu pandemic: new doubts ...: The report in the NEJM by Jeremy Farrar and colleagues from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit at the hospital for tropical diseases in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, reveals that they confirmed a resistant form of bird flu in two out of eight patients who were being treated with oseltamivir, of which Tamiflu is the brand name. One was treated at an early stage of infection, when Tamiflu is supposed to be most effective.

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