Saturday, July 24, 2010

Pyrosequencing for antiviral susceptibility testing

Voice of America (VOA): July24 2010

When H1N1, or swine flu, hit Thailand last year, the government at first restricted the use of antiviral drugs, worried that indiscriminate use would help the virus build drug resistance.

Dr. Wasun Chantratita studied hundreds of Thailand's 2009 influenza cases. He worries about resistance in H1N1 influenza, because it was deadlier than the 2008 seasonal flu.

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