Zanamivir Use During Transmission of Amantadine-Resistant Influenza A in a Nursing Home
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Summary
A minority of nursing home residents have difficulty following instructions for zanamivir inhalations, and its use was temporally associated with termination of an outbreak that amantadine had failed to control.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2000-11-01
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 38
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- https://openalex.org/W2000331878
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Keywords
Zanamivir, Amantadine, Medicine, Outbreak, Pneumonia
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