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Mass Mortality of Marine Mammals Associated to Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus (H5N1) in South America

2023; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1101/2023.02.08.527769

Víctor Gamarra-Toledo, Pablo I. Plaza, Roberto Gutiérrez, Giancarlo Inga-Díaz, Patricia Saravia-Guevara, Oliver Pereyra-Meza, Elver Coronado-Flores, Antonio Calderón-Cerrón, Gonzalo Quiroz-Jiménez, Paola Martinez, Deyvis Huamán-Mendoza, José C. Nieto-Navarrete, Sandra M. Rua Ventura, Sergio A. Lambertucci,

Marine animal studies overview

ABSTRACT We report a massive mortality of more than 3,000 sea lions ( Otaria flavescens ) of Peru associated with a Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus (H5N1). The transmission pathway of H5N1 may have been through the close contact of sea lions with infected wild birds. We cannot rule out direct transmission among sea lions.