Presence of oseltamivir-resistant pandemic A/H1N1 minor variants before drug therapy with subsequent selection and transmission.
J Infect Dis, 2012/11/15;206(10):1504-11.
Ghedin E[1], Holmes EC, DePasse JV, Pinilla LT, Fitch A, Hamelin ME, Papenburg J, Boivin G
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PMID: 22966122DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis571
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Abstract
A small proportion (1%-1.5%) of 2009 pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus strains (A[H1N1]pdm09) are oseltamivir resistant, almost exclusively because of a H275Y mutation in the neuraminidase protein. However, many individuals infected with resistant strains had not received antivirals. Whether drug-resistant viruses are initially present as minor variants in untreated individuals before they emerge as the dominant strain in a virus population is of great importance for predicting the speed at which resistance will arise. To address this issue, we used ultra-deep sequencing of viral populations from serial nasopharyngeal specimens from an immunocompromised child and from 2 individuals in a household outbreak. We observed that the Y275 mutation was present as a minor variant in infected hosts before the onset of therapy. We also found evidence for the transmission of this drug-resistant variant with drug-susceptible viruses. These observations provide important information on the relative fitness of the Y275 mutation in the absence of oseltamivir treatment.
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Adolescent; Antiviral Agents; Child, Preschool; Drug Resistance, Viral; Humans; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; Influenza, Human; Male; Middle Aged; Neuraminidase; Oseltamivir; RNA, Viral; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Zanamivir
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