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. 2010 Feb 22;5(2):e9332. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009332

Table 1. Synergy volume of double and triple combinations of antivirals against 2009 H1N1 viruses A/California/04/09 (CA04), A/California/05/09 (CA05), and A/California/10/09 (CA10) as determined by Neutral Red assay.

Regimen CA04 CA05 CA10
Double combinations (µg/mL2%)
Zanamivir/Oseltamivir carboxylate −24±116 −155±89 −197±98
Zanamivir/Peramivir −35±112 −197±108 −239±93
Amantadine/Oseltamivir carboxylate 112±154 133±80 135±67
Amantadine/Ribavirin 12±82 22±36 69±59
Ribavirin/Oseltamivir carboxylate 178±188 222±143 166±73
TCAD at fixed concentrations of amantadine (µg/mL3%)
0.1 µg/mL amantadine 106±208 312±195 226±84
0.32 µg/mL amantadine 292±212 293±154 296±82
1.0 µg/mL amantadine 346±212 337±196 311±139
3.2 µg/mL amantadine 475±221 485±97 413±163
TCAD at fixed concentrations of ribavirin (µg/mL3%)
0.1 µg/mL ribavirin 92±119 146±82 171±137
0.32 µg/mL ribavirin 114±250 135±95 271±105
1.0 µg/mL ribavirin 179±292 478±138 353±108
3.2 µg/mL ribavirin 691±144 763±256 632±216
TCAD at fixed concentrations of oseltamivir carboxylate (µg/mL3%)
0.001 µg/mL oseltamivir carboxylate 66±92 104±53 153±84
0.0032 µg/mL oseltamivir carboxylate 69±285 248±93 193±101
0.01 µg/mL oseltamivir carboxylate 359±256 583±122 442±153
0.032 µg/mL oseltamivir carboxylate 465±291 437±355 317±164

Synergy volumes represent the sum of the synergy or antagonism across all concentrations of two drugs for a double combination, or all concentrations of two drugs at a fixed concentration of the third drug for the TCAD regimen. The concentrations of each drug used are provided in Table S1. Combinations with synergy volumes >100 µg/mL2% for double combinations or >100 µg/mL3% for triple combinations are considered to be strongly synergistic (using the lower 95% confidence interval). Conversely, combinations with synergy volumes <−100 µg/mL2% or µg/mL3% are considered to be strongly antagonistic. Bold numbers denote volumes that are defined as strongly synergistic or antagonistic. Synergy volumes are presented as the mean between replicates with 95% confidence intervals. Typically, between 3 and 6 experiments were run for each combination, with each experiment having 3 replicate wells for each condition.