Neuraminidase-inhibiting antibody is a correlate of cross-protection 2 against lethal H 5 N 1 influenza in ferrets immunised with seasonal influenza 3 vaccine

5 6 Steven Rockman, Lorena E. Brown, Ian G. Barr, Brad Gilbertson, Sue Lowther, Anatoly 7 Kachurin, Olga Kachurina, Jessica Klippel, Jesse Bodle, Martin Pearse, and Deborah 8 Middleton 9 10 CSL Limited, 45 Poplar Rd Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Microbiology and 11 Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; WHO 12 Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, North Melbourne, Victoria, 13 Australia; Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; VaxDesign 14 Corporation, Orlando, Florida 32826, USA 15 16 17 18 19 20 Word count: Abstract, 233; Text, 5650 21 *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:steve.rockman@csl.com.au 22 # equal first author 23 24 Running head: Seasonal vaccines protect against pandemic influenza 25 26 Copyright © 2013, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. J. Virol. doi:10.1128/JVI.02434-12 JVI Accepts, published online ahead of print on 2 January 2013