Prolonged influenza virus shedding and emergence of antiviral resistance in immunocompromised patients and ferrets.

Immunocompromised individuals tend to suffer from influenza longer with more serious complications than otherwise healthy patients. Little is known about the impact of prolonged infection and the efficacy of antiviral therapy in these patients. Among all 189 influenza A virus infected immunocompromi...

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Main Authors: Erhard van der Vries, Koert J Stittelaar, Geert van Amerongen, Edwin J B Veldhuis Kroeze, Leon de Waal, Pieter L A Fraaij, Roland J Meesters, Theo M Luider, Bart van der Nagel, Birgit Koch, Arnold G Vulto, Martin Schutten, Albert D M E Osterhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3662664?pdf=render