Influenza virus transmissio

Palese submitted, created time 1 year 3 weeks (pathogens.plosjournals.org)

Using guinea pigs as an animal model we found that influenza viruses are transmitted well at low temperature (5 centigrade) and that no transmission is detected at high temperature (30 centigrade).

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WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu

medal submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.biologynews.net)

"New data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed a low frequency of resistance to Tamiflu (oseltamivir) over 3 influenza seasons (2003 – 2006)1. "

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