TORONTO (AP) - Canada has recorded its first case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus in a man who had been given the drug to prevent infection.
The 60-year-old Quebec man was given the flu antiviral after his son fell ill with the pandemic virus.
Jirina Vlk, spokeswoman for the Public Health Agency of Canada, says the strain does not appear to have spread beyond the reported individual case.
Use of Tamiflu to prevent infection, a procedure called prophylaxis, has occasionally given rise to resistant viruses.
The Tamiflu-resistant case is the fourth reported globally since the virus was detected in April.
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Tamiflu-resistant swine flu case found in Canada
TORONTO (AP) - Canada has recorded its first case of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus in a man who had been given the drug to prevent infection.
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Published: July 22, 2009
Published: July 22, 2009
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