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Posted Sat Sep 12 2009: from
Reuters:
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U.S. campers developed drug-resistant flu: report http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1252781671
Two girls given antiviral drugs in an effort to protect children at a summer camp from the new pandemic swine flu developed resistant virus, U.S. health officials reported on Thursday....
Flu viruses are mutation-prone and experts are not surprised that they would evolve resistance, just as bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics.
But the CDC would like to preserve the benefits of Tamiflu and Relenza for as long as possible.
Tamiflu and Relenza not only fight flu. They can prevent infection if given soon enough. And a doctor at a North Carolina summer camp decided to protect 600 campers and staff there with so-called prophylactic doses of Tamiflu.
Two girls developed flu anyway. As they were cabin-mates, it is possible one infected the other, the CDC and North Carolina health investigators said.
Checks showed they were both infected with viruses that had mutations giving them resistance to Tamiflu.
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