Susceptibilities to rimantadine of influenza A/H1N1 and A/H3N2 viruses isolated during the epidemics of 1988 to 1989 and 1989 to 1990

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1993 Oct;37(10):2239-40. doi: 10.1128/AAC.37.10.2239.

Abstract

Clinical isolates of influenza A viruses identified during outbreaks in two winters were tested for their rimantadine susceptibilities by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay modified from that described previously by Belshe et al. (R. B. Belshe, B. Burk, F. Newman, R. L. Cerruti, and I. S. Sim, J. Virol. 62:1508-1512, 1988). The infectivity titer and the 50% inhibitory concentration of rimantadine were calculated for each virus. Of 105 influenza virus A isolates tested, 28 influenza A/H1N1 isolates from the 1988 and 1989 outbreak and 77 influenza A/H3N2 isolates from the outbreak in following year, were susceptible to the antiviral action of rimantadine.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Viral / analysis
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype*
  • Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype*
  • Influenza A virus / drug effects*
  • Influenza A virus / immunology
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / microbiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Rimantadine / pharmacology*
  • Time Factors
  • Vero Cells

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Rimantadine