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Catherine Moore1, Monica Galiano, Angie Lackenby, Tamer Abdelrahman, Rosemary Barnes, Meirion R Evans, Christopher Fegan, Susannah Froude, Mark Hastings, Steven Knapper, Emma Litt, Nicola Price, Roland Salmon, Mark Temple, Eleri Davies.
Abstract
We describe the first confirmed person-to-person transmission of oseltamivir-resistant pandemic influenza A(H1N1) 2009 virus that occurred in a hematology unit in the United Kingdom. Eleven cases of (H1N1) 2009 virus infection were identified, of which, ten were related as shown by sequence analysis of the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase genes. H275Y analysis demonstrated that 8 of 10 case patients had oseltamivir-resistant virus, with 4 of 8 case patients infected by direct transmission of resistant virus. Zanamivir should be considered as first-line therapy for influenza in patients with lymphopenic hematological conditions and uptake of influenza vaccination encouraged to further reduce the number of susceptible individuals.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21148492 PMCID: PMC3086444 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226