H1N1 patients may be infectious 10-plus days

By Steve Sternberg,
USA TODAY
posted 9/15/09

SAN FRANCISCO — Some people who are infected with the pandemic flu appear to shed infectious virus for 10 or more days after they're infected, researchers reported Monday.

Two studies reported separately by researchers in Canada and Singapore found that roughly one in five patients continue shedding the new H1N1 virus, or swine flu, with one study suggesting that patients may still shed virus despite treatment with Tamiflu. the rest