Most Flu Resistant to One Drug Type

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Government flu researchers reported more evidence Thursday that most of the Type A flu virus circulating this season is resistant to one class of antiviral drugs often prescribed for flu.

Scientists had known that resistance to the drugs amantadine and rimantadine had been creeping upward over the last decade, and about 11 percent of the viruses tested during last winter's flu season didn't respond to them.

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Most Flu Resistant to One Drug Type

But in the latest testing from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published online by The Journal of the American...

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