Evaluation of the preventive efficacy of bonaphthone in influenza

Stel'makh, S.G.

Voprosy Virusologii 1975(1): 55-58

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0507-4088
PMID: 1121854
Document Number: 87674
Bonaphthone was tested as a prophylactic drug in 4927 adults during 1973 influenza epidemic caused by influenza A/England/42/72 (H3N2) virus, and shown to exert a protective effect: the index of effectiveness was 1.8-2.9, the protection rate 44.7-66.4%. When given per os in a daily dose of 50 mg for 24 days bonaphthone produced no manifest side effects.

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