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ReviewThe Journal of infectious diseases2025

Influenza Antivirals for Prevention and Treatment in Immunocompromised People.

Madeleine R Heldman, Michael J Boeckh, Michael G Ison

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Review in The Journal of infectious diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Madeleine R HeldmanDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9424-1870
Michael J BoeckhDivision of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1538-7984
Michael G IsonRespiratory Diseases Branch, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3347-9671

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antivirals form a foundation for protecting immunocompromised individuals (ICIs) from influenza complications. Neuraminidase inhibitors have demonstrated benefit for both prophylaxis and treatment in ICIs, including when given >48 hours after symptom onset. Baloxavir is a newer antiviral that has potent effects on viral kinetics in immunocompetent people, but data on baloxavir in ICIs are currently limited. Optimization of antiviral therapy to minimize viral replication within ICIs and reduce the risk of treatment-emergent antiviral resistance (eg, through combination regimens) may prevent viral evolution within ICIs and mitigate transmission of virulent or resistant variants to the general public. Unfortunately, ICIs have been excluded from most clinical trials evaluating novel influenza preventive and therapeutic strategies. Inclusion of ICIs in such clinical trials is essential to facilitate acquisition of clinical and virologic data in patients with specific immunocompromising conditions and ensure that ICIs have equitable access to valuable interventions.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsImmunocompromised HostInfluenza, HumanDibenzothiepinsDrug Resistance, ViralHumansMorpholinesNeuraminidasePyridinesPyridonesThiepinsTriazinesAntiviral AgentsbaloxavirDibenzothiepinsMorpholinesNeuraminidasePyridinesPyridonesThiepinsTriazinesbaloxavirimmunocompromisedinfluenzaoseltamivirtransplant

Identifiers

PMID41102612
PMCPMC13381276

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