UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine flu

Five H1N1 patients resistant to Tamiflu * Possible person-to-person spread of resistant strain

20 Nov 2009

British health officials are investigating the likely person-to-person spread of a drug-resistant strain of swine flu, the Health Protection Agency said on Friday.

There have been five confirmed cases in Wales of patients infected with H1N1 resistant to oseltamivir -- the generic name of Roche AG and Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug Tamiflu, the agency said.

Four other patients are infected with H1N1 with the same genetic mutation but one was helped by Tamiflu and the status of three others is not clear.....

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EVANA: Could it be that medical approach alone cannot solve basic zoonoses-problems? Is it not high time for serious and objective research of livestock's role in creating and spreading all these life-threatening diseases? Maybe washing hands, a vaccination here and a few pills there alone aren't enough to keep populations safe?

Source: UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine flu

Link: H1N1 flu spreading east, peaking in some areas-WHO
Link: Norway says found H1N1 mutation in flu victims

Date: 2009-11-23