AKAP13 and influenza: All but one of the RPM-Flu assay-generated HA3 gene sequences were most similar to BLAST-returned sequence records of A/H3N2 isolates that Nelson et al [11] associated with either major “clade a” from the 2006–2007 influenza outbreaks in the United States, or from the “N-lineage clade”, a lineage originating from the 2005–2006 influenza season and continuing to circulate nationwide during the 2007–2008 season.