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. 2019 Oct;25(10):1969–1972. doi: 10.3201/eid2510.190607

Table 2. Baloxavir susceptibility of zoonotic and animal influenza A viruses in MDCK-SIAT1 cells*.

Virus subtype FRA
HINT
No. viruses tested EC50, nmol/L, mean ± SD† No. viruses tested EC50, nmol/L, mean ± SD†
Avian origin
H5N6‡ 3 0.31 ± 0.19
H6N1 1 0.12 1 0.48
H7N9 19 0.48 ± 0.32 9 1.44 ± 1.08
H9N2§ 1 0.18 1 0.53
H10N8
1
0.30

1
0.63
Swine origin
H1N1¶ 3 0.72 ± 0.27
H1N1v 3 0.51 ± 0.12
H1N2v 9 1.19 ± 0.36
H3N2v



15
0.86 ± 0.50
Reference viruses#
A/Illinois/08/2018 (H1N1)pdm09 PA-I38 2.12 1.75 ± 0.59
A/Illinois/37/2018 (H1N1)pdm09 PA-I38L
14.96 (7-fold)** 13.09 ± 3.56 (8-fold)**

*Both assays were conducted by using MDCK-SIAT1 cells. Details on viruses tested are in the Appendix. According to World Health Organization nomenclature, the swine-origin influenza viruses isolated from humans are named variant viruses (e.g., A[H1N1]v). EC50, 50% effective concentration; FRA, focus reduction assay; HINT, high-content imaging neutralization test; –, not tested.
†Mean ± SD or average of 2 test results.
‡One of 3 viruses was isolated from chicken (Appendix Table 1).
§Virus was isolated from chicken (Appendix Table 1).
¶All 3 viruses were isolated from swine (Appendix Table 2).
#A pair of seasonal influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses were included in each test as reference viruses (12).
**Fold change to EC50 of virus carrying PA-I38L compared with sequence-matched control virus carrying PA-I38.