Although antibodies against NA do not prevent influenza infection, NA immunity attenuates the severity of infection by limiting viral replication (Brett & Johansson, 2005; Couch et al., 1974; Johansson et al., 1993; Kilbourne, 1976; Murphy et al., 1972; Schulman et al., 1968), and NA-specific antibody titers are an independent correlate of protection in both field studies and human challenge trials (Couch et al., 2013; Memoli et al., 2016; Monto et al., 2015). Here, XK is linked to infection.