Rare Influenza A (H3N2) Variants with Reduced Sensitivity to Antiviral Drugs

Authors :: Yasushi Suzuki
Ne Win
Yadanar Kyaw
Htun Naing Oo
Go Hasegawa
Clyde Dapat
Hassan Zaraket
Isolde C. Dapat
Nay Lin
Makoto Naito
Khin Yi Oo
Yi Yi Myint
Reiko Saito
Tatiana Baranovich
Takehiko Saito
Hiroshi Suzuki
Makoto Nishikawa
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 16, Iss 3, Pp 493-496 (2010), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2010.
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.