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adamantane

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adamantane [‚ad·ə′man‚tān]
(organic chemistry)
A C10H16alicyclic hydrocarbon whose structure has the same arrangement of carbon atoms as does the basic unit of the diamond lattice.


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If the physicians treating the patient wanted to give antivirals, should they use oseltamivir, knowing that seasonal H1N1 viruses are resistant, or an adamantane, knowing that pandemic H1N1 viruses are resistant?
Incidence of adamantane resistance among influenza A (H3N2) viruses isolated worldwide from 1994 to 2005: a cause for concern.
Annual influenza vaccination is recommended to prevent flu, but in addition, two antiviral adamantane drugs (amantadine and rimantadine) and two neuraminidase inhibitors (oseltamivir and zanamivir) are currently approved to prevent and/or treat influenza.
 
 
 
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