Mutated H1N1 kills three
New virus resistant to drug Tamiflu
December 2, 2009
A mutation in the H1N1 virus is making it harder for health officials to treat patients with the flu.
Three of the four patients infected with the mutated virus at Duke University Medical Center died Friday.
Doctors are worried because the mutated virus is resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug used to treat the flu.
Resistance to the drug is common in the seasonal flu, but rare in H1N1, said Dr. Cameron Wolfe, an infectious disease specialist at Duke.
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