VIRULENCE OF RIMANTADINE-RESISTANT HUMAN INFLUENZA-A (H3N2) VIRUSES IN FERRETS
VIRULENCE OF RIMANTADINE-RESISTANT HUMAN INFLUENZA-A (H3N2) VIRUSES IN FERRETS
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/164.5.969
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发表时间:
1991-11-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
HAY, AJ
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作者:
SWEET, C;HAYDEN, FG;HAY, AJ
The influence of rimantadine-resistance mutations on the virulence of human H3N2 viruses in ferrets was examined. The similarities in virulence of the drug-resistant mutants with single amino acid substitutions at three different locations, 27, 30, and 31, within the M2 sequence and their corresponding sensitive wild-type isolates contrasted with differences in virulence between the three pairs of viruses. These data provide further evidence that rimantadine-resistant viruses that emerge during treatment of patients with the drug are unaltered both in their growth characteristics and virulence.