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. 2019 Jan 17;24(3):1800666. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.3.1800666

Table 1. Treatment-emergent and other amino acid substitutions in the polymerase acidic protein associated with reduced baloxavir susceptibility in vitroa.

PA amino acid
substitution
EC50 fold changeb
A(H3N2) A(H1N1)pdm09c B References
E23G NA 4–5 ND [3], [4], current study
E23K 6 5 < 3 [3], [4], [5], [7]
E23R ND NA ND [3]
A36Vd 6 4 < 3 [5]
A37T 8 ND ND [3], [4], [5]
I38F 20 11 < 3 [3], [4], [5], [7]
I38M 14 13 8 [3], [4], [5], [14]
10 ND ND current study
I38T 49–57 27 6 [3], [8], [4], [5] [7], [10]
I38L ­ND 8 ND current study
E119De 5 6 < 3 [5]
E199G 5 ND ND [3], [5]

NA: data not available; ND: not detected or tested; PA: polymerase acidic.

a The Expert Working Group on Antiviral Susceptibility for the World Health Organization Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System has not yet issued guidance regarding a threshold (fold change) for reporting phenotypic test results for baloxavir. Arbitrary threshold (˃ three-fold EC50) was used to list PA amino acid substitutions that confer reduced susceptibility to baloxavir.

b Fold change calculated by comparing EC50 of test virus to the reference value (e.g. control virus).

c Reverse genetically engineered Influenza A(H1N1) viruses, A/WSN/33 and A/Puerto Rico/8/34 were also tested.

d F36V in PA of influenza B virus.

e E120D in PA of influenza B virus.