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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Feb 27;30(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231725. Online ahead of print.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses from Multispecies Outbreak, Argentina, August 2023
Agustina Rimondi, Ralph E T Vanstreels, Valeria Olivera, Agustina Donini, Martina Miqueo Lauriente, Marcela M Uhart
We report full-genome characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus from an outbreak among sea lions (August 2023) in Argentina and possible spillover to fur seals and terns. Mammalian adaptation mutations in virus isolated from marine mammals and a human in Chile were detected in mammalian and avian hosts.
Keywords: Argentina; HPAI H5N1; South America; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1; influenza; mammalian adaptation; mammals; pinnipeds; seabirds; transmission; viruses.
. 2024 Feb 27;30(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid3004.231725. Online ahead of print.
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Viruses from Multispecies Outbreak, Argentina, August 2023
Agustina Rimondi, Ralph E T Vanstreels, Valeria Olivera, Agustina Donini, Martina Miqueo Lauriente, Marcela M Uhart
- PMID: 38413243
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3004.231725
We report full-genome characterization of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b virus from an outbreak among sea lions (August 2023) in Argentina and possible spillover to fur seals and terns. Mammalian adaptation mutations in virus isolated from marine mammals and a human in Chile were detected in mammalian and avian hosts.
Keywords: Argentina; HPAI H5N1; South America; highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1; influenza; mammalian adaptation; mammals; pinnipeds; seabirds; transmission; viruses.