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ArticlePLoS pathogens2021

Evaluating the fitness of PA/I38T-substituted influenza A viruses with reduced baloxavir susceptibility in a competitive mixtures ferret model.

Leo Y Lee, Jie Zhou, Paulina Koszalka, Rebecca Frise, Rubaiyea Farrukee, Keiko Baba, Shahjahan Miah, Takao Shishido, Monica Galiano, Takashi Hashimoto and 9 more

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Leo Y LeeWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6704-1235
Jie ZhouDepartment of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Paulina KoszalkaWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.
Rebecca FriseDepartment of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5522-623X
Rubaiyea FarrukeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Parkville, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9023-246X
Keiko BabaShionogi & Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8463-2897
Shahjahan MiahPublic Health England, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7810-3497
Takao ShishidoShionogi & Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2549-0945
Monica GalianoFrancis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7046-3762
Takashi HashimotoShionogi & Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6171-2787
Shinya OmotoShionogi & Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2730-3912
Takeki UeharaShionogi & Co., Ltd, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5853-9426
Edin J MifsudWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.
Neil CollinsonRoche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6602-7845
Klaus KuhlbuschF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.
Barry ClinchRoche Products Ltd, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom.
Steffen WildumF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9779-5740
Wendy S BarclayDepartment of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
Aeron C HurtWHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9731-3481
Shionogi (Japan) · JPImperial College London · GBRoche (Switzerland) · CHRoche (United Kingdom) · GBThe University of Melbourne · AUAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute · AUPeter Doherty Institute · AUPublic Health England · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Baloxavir is approved in several countries for the treatment of uncomplicated influenza in otherwise-healthy and high-risk patients. Treatment-emergent viruses with reduced susceptibility to baloxavir have been detected in clinical trials, but the likelihood of widespread occurrence depends on replication capacity and onward transmission. We evaluated the fitness of A/H3N2 and A/H1N1pdm09 viruses with the polymerase acidic (PA) I38T-variant conferring reduced susceptibility to baloxavir relative to wild-type (WT) viruses, using a competitive mixture ferret model, recombinant viruses and patient-derived virus isolates. The A/H3N2 PA/I38T virus showed a reduction in within-host fitness but comparable between-host fitness to the WT virus, while the A/H1N1pdm09 PA/I38T virus had broadly similar within-host fitness but substantially lower between-host fitness. Although PA/I38T viruses replicate and transmit between ferrets, our data suggest that viruses with this amino acid substitution have lower fitness relative to WT and this relative fitness cost was greater in A/H1N1pdm09 viruses than in A/H3N2 viruses.

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Disease Models, AnimalDrug Resistance, ViralVirus ReplicationAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsAntiviral AgentsDibenzothiepinsFemaleFerretsInfluenza A virusMaleMorpholinesOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsPyridonesTriazinesAntiviral AgentsbaloxavirDibenzothiepinsMorpholinesPyridonesTriazines

Identifiers

PMID33956888
PMCPMC8130947
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