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Seasonal antigenic prediction of influenza A H3N2 using machine learning.

ABSTRACT: Antigenic characterization of circulating influenza A virus (IAV) isolates is routinely assessed by using the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays for surveillance purposes. It is also used to determine the need for annual influenza vaccine updates as well as for pandemic preparedness. Performing antigenic characterization of IAV on a global scale is confronted with high costs, animal availability, and other practical challenges. Here we present a machine learning model that accurately predicts (normalized) outputs of HI assays involving circulating human IAV H3N2 viruses, using their hemagglutinin subunit 1 (HA1) sequences and associated metadata. Each season, the model learns an updated nonlinear mapping of genetic to antigenic changes using data from past seasons only. The model accurately distinguishes antigenic variants from non-variants and adaptively characterizes seasonal dynamics of HA1 sites having the strongest influence on antigenic change. Antigenic predictions produced by the model can aid influenza surveillance, public health management, and vaccine strain selection activities.

SUBMITTER: Shah SAW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11076571 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Seasonal antigenic prediction of influenza A H3N2 using machine learning.

Shah Syed Awais W SAW   Palomar Daniel P DP   Barr Ian I   Poon Leo L M LLM   Quadeer Ahmed Abdul AA   McKay Matthew R MR  

Nature communications 20240507 1

Antigenic characterization of circulating influenza A virus (IAV) isolates is routinely assessed by using the hemagglutination inhibition (HI) assays for surveillance purposes. It is also used to determine the need for annual influenza vaccine updates as well as for pandemic preparedness. Performing antigenic characterization of IAV on a global scale is confronted with high costs, animal availability, and other practical challenges. Here we present a machine learning model that accurately predic  ...[more]