Factors promoting the prolonged shedding of the pandemic (<scp>H1N1</scp>) 2009 influenza virus in patients treated with oseltamivir for 5 days

Abstract

The presence of major comorbidities, a delay in initiating antiviral treatment, and continuing respiratory symptoms after 5 days of antiviral treatment are associated with prolonged shedding of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.