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Old July 2nd, 2009, 03:56 PM
HenryN HenryN is offline
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Default Re: Japan Reports Tamiflu-Resistant H1N1 Influenza Case

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Originally Posted by wotan View Post
Unfortunately they don't seem to mention if they have samples from before Tamiflu treatment with which to perform the necessary testing.
Yes they have the sample (and probably the sequence) because the patient was diagnosed with H1N1 BEFORE treatment. Thus, the sample that was H1N1 positive was collected PRIOR to treatment (and if that sample has H274Y, the swine H1N1 with H274Y is evolutionarily fit).
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