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Ribavirin is effective against drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus infections

  • Yuhai Bi , 1,2,3 ,
  • Gary Wong 1 ,
  • Yingxia Liu 2 ,
  • Lei Liu 2 ,
  • George F. Gao 1,2,3,4,5 ,
  • Yi Shi , 1,2,3,4
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  • 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
  • 3. Center for Influenza Research and Early-warning (CASCIRE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 4. Research Network of Immunity and Health (RNIH), Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 5. Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China

Published date: 12 Sep 2016

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2016 The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com and journal.hep.com.cn

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Yuhai Bi , Gary Wong , Yingxia Liu , Lei Liu , George F. Gao , Yi Shi . Ribavirin is effective against drug-resistant H7N9 influenza virus infections[J]. Protein & Cell, 2016 , 7(8) : 611 -614 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-016-0287-0

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