Peramivir and laninamivir susceptibility of circulating influenza A and B viruses

Influenza viruses collected from regions of Asia, Africa and Oceania between 2009 and 2012 were tested for their susceptibility to two new neuraminidase inhibitors, peramivir and laninamivir. All viruses tested had normal laninamivir inhibition. However, 3·2% (19/599) of A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses had hig...

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Main Authors: Leang, Sook-Kwan, Kwok, Simon, Sullivan, Sheena G., Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Kelso, Anne, Barr, Ian G., Hurt, Aeron C.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102809
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19127
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Influenza viruses collected from regions of Asia, Africa and Oceania between 2009 and 2012 were tested for their susceptibility to two new neuraminidase inhibitors, peramivir and laninamivir. All viruses tested had normal laninamivir inhibition. However, 3·2% (19/599) of A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses had highly reduced peramivir inhibition (due to H275Y NA mutation) and <1% (6/1238) of influenza B viruses had reduced or highly reduced peramivir inhibition, with single occurrence of variants containing I221T, A245T, K360E, A395E, D432G and a combined G145R+Y142H mutation. These data demonstrate that despite an increase in H275Y variants in 2011, there was no marked change in the frequency of peramivir- or laninamivir-resistant variants following the market release of the drugs in Japan in 2010.