Tamiflu survives sewage treatment

摘要

Tamiflu—currently the most effective pharmaceutical weapon against a potential bird flu pandemic—survives sewage treatment, according to a new study. In countries where the drug is prescribed routinely to mitigate the symptoms of influenza, notably Japan, this could prompt the virus to mutate into a drug-resistant strain, researchers warn in a paper published October 3 in the online journal PLoS One (2007, 2, e986).