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Rare Influenza A (H3N2) Variants with Reduced Sensitivity to Antiviral Drugs |
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| Authors: | Clyde Dapat Yasushi Suzuki Reiko Saito Yadanar Kyaw Yi Yi Myint Nay Lin Htun Naing Oo Khin Yi Oo Ne Win Makoto Naito Go Hasegawa Isolde C. Dapat Hassan Zaraket Tatiana Baranovich Makoto Nishikawa Takehiko Saito Hiroshi Suzuki |
| Abstract: | In 2007 and 2008 in Myanmar, we detected influenza viruses A (H3N2) that exhibited reduced sensitivity to both zanamivir and amantadine. These rare and naturally occurring viruses harbored a novel Q136K mutation in neuraminidase and S31N mutation in M2. |
| Keywords: | Influenza A virus H3N2 subtype zanamivir amantadine antiviral drug resistance viruses Myanmar expedited dispatch |