Oseltamivir, antiviral drug that is active against both influenza type A and influenza type B viruses.
Zanamivir, antiviral drug that is active against both influenza type A and influenza type B viruses.
The process of antigenic drift is best characterized in influenza type A viruses.
The $750million fund will buy and distribute those basic drugs, along with new ones against yellow fever, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type B. That was the subject of the panel Gates found so disappointing at Davos.
Most of the universal vaccines under development do not even try to provide protection against influenza type B. They focus on type A, which tends to cause more severe disease and pandemics.
In each racial group, 76percentto79percentcent of children received the entire recommended series of shots against whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenza type B.
In the 1980's, Dr. Insel was one of three University of Rochester researchers who developed the vaccine against Haemophilus influenza Type B, a leading cause of meningitis in young children.
Amantadine, also called 1-adamantanamine hydrochloride, drug used to treat infections caused by influenza type A virus, the most common cause of influenza epidemics.
Antigenic shift has been studied most extensively in influenza type A viruses, which experience this change about once every 10 years.
There is evidence that the most common subtype of influenza type A virus, known as H1N1, has developed resistance to oseltamivir.
Required vaccinations generally include diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella (German measles), Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib), hepatitis B, and chicken pox.
