Mutated swine flu kills two in France
Post date: Nov 27, 2009 8:50:36 PM
source: pretorianews.co.za
Nov-27-2009
Health officials in Paris said on Friday that two patients who had been infected by a recently detected swine flu mutation had died.
"This mutation could increase the ability of the virus to affect the respiratory tracts and, in particular, the lung tissue," said a statement from the government's Health Surveillance Institute (InVS).
"For one of these patients, this mutation was accompanied by another mutation known to confer resistance to oseltamivir," it added, referring to the main drug being used to treat swine flu, under the brand name Tamiflu. - AFP
