| Literature DB >> 1940477 |
C Sweet1, F G Hayden, K J Jakeman, S Grambas, A J Hay.
Abstract
The influence of rimantadine-resistance mutations on the virulence of human H3N2 viruses in ferrets was examined. The similarities in virulence of the drug-resistant mutants with single amino acid substitutions at three different locations, 27, 30, and 31, within the M2 sequence and their corresponding sensitive wild-type isolates contrasted with differences in virulence between the three pairs of viruses. These data provide further evidence that rimantadine-resistant viruses that emerge during treatment of patients with the drug are unaltered both in their growth characteristics and virulence.Entities:
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 1991 PMID: 1940477 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/164.5.969
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226