Letter to the editor: Highly pathogenic influenza A(H5N1) viruses in farmed mink outbreak contain a disrupted second sialic acid binding site in neuraminidase, similar to human influenza A viruses

References

1. Agüero M, Monne I, Sánchez A, Zecchin B, Fusaro A, Ruano MJ, et al. Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection in farmed minks, Spain, October 2022. Euro Surveill. 2023;28(3):2300001.  https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.3.2300001  PMID: 36695488 
2. Herfst S, Imai M, Kawaoka Y, Fouchier RA. Avian influenza virus transmission to mammals. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2014;385:137-55.  https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2014_387  PMID: 25048542 
3. Du W, de Vries E, van Kuppeveld FJM, Matrosovich M, de Haan CAM. Second sialic acid-binding site of influenza A virus neuraminidase: binding receptors for efficient release. FEBS J. 2021;288(19):5598-612.  https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15668  PMID: 33314755 
4. Du W, Dai M, Li Z, Boons GJ, Peeters B, van Kuppeveld FJM, et al. Substrate binding by the second sialic acid-binding site of influenza A virus N1 neuraminidase contributes to enzymatic activity. J Virol. 2018;92(20):e01243-18.  https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.01243-18  PMID: 30089692 
5. Hadfield J, Megill C, Bell SM, Huddleston J, Potter B, Callender C, et al. Nextstrain: real-time tracking of pathogen evolution. Bioinformatics. 2018;34(23):4121-3.  https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty407  PMID: 29790939 
6. Du W, Wolfert MA, Peeters B, van Kuppeveld FJM, Boons GJ, de Vries E, et al. Mutation of the second sialic acid-binding site of influenza A virus neuraminidase drives compensatory mutations in hemagglutinin. PLoS Pathog. 2020;16(8):e1008816.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008816  PMID: 32853241