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Influenza
New findings in influenza described by A.C. Singer and co-researchers
December 30th, 2008
According to a study from Oxford, the United Kingdom, "On 3 October 2007, 40 participants with diverse expertise attended the workshop Tamiflu and the Environment: Implications of Use under Pandemic Conditions to assess the potential human health impact and environmental hazards associated with use of Tamiflu during an influenza pandemic. Based on the identification and risk-ranking of knowledge gaps, the consensus was that oseltamivir ethylester-phosphate (OE-P) and oseltamivir carboxylate (OC) were unlikely to pose an ecotoxicologic hazard to freshwater organisms." "OC in river water might hasten the generation of OC-resistance in wildfowl, but this possibility seems...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-30)
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