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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 17;25(11). doi: 10.3201/eid2511.190757. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Human-to-Human Transmission of Influenza A(H3N2) Virus with Reduced Susceptibility to Baloxavir, Japan, February 2019.[/h] Takashita E, Ichikawa M, Morita H, Ogawa R, Fujisaki S, Shirakura M, Miura H, Nakamura K, Kishida N, Kuwahara T, Sugawara H, Sato A, Akimoto M, Mitamura K, Abe T, Yamazaki M, Watanabe S, Hasegawa H, Odagiri T.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] In 2019, influenza A(H3N2) viruses carrying an I38T substitution in the polymerase acidic gene, which confers reduced susceptibility to baloxavir, were detected in Japan in an infant without baloxavir exposure and a baloxavir-treated sibling. These viruses' whole-genome sequences were identical, indicating human-to-human transmission. Influenza virus isolates should be monitored for baloxavir susceptibility.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H3N2; I38T substitution; Japan; antimicrobial resistance; baloxavir; baloxavir acid; baloxavir marboxil; cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor; family cluster; human-to-human transmission; influenza; influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; influenza virus; polymerase acidic; respiratory infections; viruses; whole-genome sequencing
PMID: 31436527 DOI: 10.3201/eid2511.190757
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[h=1]Human-to-Human Transmission of Influenza A(H3N2) Virus with Reduced Susceptibility to Baloxavir, Japan, February 2019.[/h] Takashita E, Ichikawa M, Morita H, Ogawa R, Fujisaki S, Shirakura M, Miura H, Nakamura K, Kishida N, Kuwahara T, Sugawara H, Sato A, Akimoto M, Mitamura K, Abe T, Yamazaki M, Watanabe S, Hasegawa H, Odagiri T.
[h=3]Abstract[/h] In 2019, influenza A(H3N2) viruses carrying an I38T substitution in the polymerase acidic gene, which confers reduced susceptibility to baloxavir, were detected in Japan in an infant without baloxavir exposure and a baloxavir-treated sibling. These viruses' whole-genome sequences were identical, indicating human-to-human transmission. Influenza virus isolates should be monitored for baloxavir susceptibility.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] H3N2; I38T substitution; Japan; antimicrobial resistance; baloxavir; baloxavir acid; baloxavir marboxil; cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitor; family cluster; human-to-human transmission; influenza; influenza A(H1N1)pdm09; influenza virus; polymerase acidic; respiratory infections; viruses; whole-genome sequencing
PMID: 31436527 DOI: 10.3201/eid2511.190757
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