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H1N1 could start to resist drugs

Don 21 Mai 2009 01:43:00 CEST | Posted by Abhishek | Source

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U.S. Health officials are worried that the H1N1 virus that has been wreaking havoc on the world for the past few months on its own could possibly even mix with the seasona flu viruses and cause even bigger problems. The viral infection which has been the cause of 7 deaths in US alone and is responsible for more than 100,000 infected people has responded well when treated with the anti viral drugs that have been used on it.

The problem came to light this year when one of the seasonal flu responded negativey to the one of the most commonly used anti virals - Roche's Tamiflu. This has now caused a spike in the concern for the medical eperts worldwide who are already scrambling to somehow find a cure for the H1N1 virus that has been causing so many deaths and infections worldwide and that too in such a brief span of time.