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Helen Branswell has a few details, and some important background information, on a small number of newly reported Tamiflu resistant H1N1 virus samples from China and Singapore.
As always, Ms. Branswell’s articles are worth reading in their entirety.
Singapore, China find Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 viruses: WHO
Aug 12, 2009 05:25 PM
Helen Branswell
THE CANADIAN PRESSMore cases of Tamiflu resistant swine flu viruses have come to light, the World Health Organization said today.
China and Singapore have found Tamiflu-resistant pandemic viruses, Charles Penn, a scientist with the Geneva-based agency, said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
He revealed that the WHO has also been alerted informally to the discovery of a small number of other Tamiflu-resistant viruses. He would not say where they were found or how many there were in total.
"It's a small number. It certainly doesn't change the scale of what we're seeing," Penn said.
