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- The study compares clinical symptoms and treatment effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) in patients with A(H1N1)pdm09 during the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 flu seasons.
- Findings show that patients under 20 had a higher peak body temperature in the 2010-2011 season, along with increased reports of loss of appetite and fatigue.
- Despite the more severe symptoms in the later season, the NAIs used remained effective, with a greater percentage of A(H1N1)pdm09 patients becoming afebrile compared to other influenza strains.
Article Abstract
Background: No studies of the clinical symptoms before starting therapy or of the effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors (NAIs) have been carried out of the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons that compare A(H1N1)pdm09 or the three circulating types of influenza virus.
Methods: The clinical symptoms and duration of fever (body temperature ≥37·5°C) after the first dose of an NAI (oseltamivir, zanamivir, laninamivir) were analyzed. PCR was carried out for 365 patients with A(H1N1)pdm09 in the 2009-2010 season and for 388 patients with one of the three types of influenza circulating in the 2010-2011 season. IC50 for the three NAIs was also analyzed in 51 patients in the 2010-2011 season.
Results: The peak body temperature was significantly higher in 2010-2011 than in 2009-2010 for patients under 20 years with A(H1N1)pdm09, and in the 2010-2011 season for children 15 years or younger with A(H1N1)pdm09 than for those with other virus types. The percentage of A(H1N1)pdm09 patients with loss of appetite or fatigue was significantly higher in 2010-2011 than in the previous season. The duration of fever was not affected by the kind of NAI or by age in multiple regression analysis. The percentage of patients afebrile at 48 hours after the first dose of NAI was significantly higher for A(H1N1)pdm09 than for A(H3N2) (laninamivir) or B (oseltamivir and laninamivir).
Conclusion: Although the clinical symptoms of A(H1N1)pdm09 were slightly more severe in the 2010-2011 season, the effectiveness of the NAIs remained high in comparison with 2009-2010 and with other types of seasonal influenza.
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