Bird Flu Virus Found Resistant to Antiviral Drug Tamiflu in Vietnamese Patient

Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo

Tokyo, 15 October [dateline as received]: A team of Japanese and Vietnamese researchers has found a strain of bird flu virus that has demonstrated resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu in a Vietnamese patient, sources familiar with the matter said Friday [14 October].

The patient contracted the H5N1 bird flu virus responsible for an outbreak of avian influenza in Asia, according to the team. The team includes Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a professor with the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo.