First case of human infection with highly pathogenic H5 avian Influenza A virus in South America: A new zoonotic pandemic threat for 2023?

J Travel Med. 2023 Sep 5;30(5):taad032. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taad032.

Alfredo Bruno^{1

2

3}, Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez^{4

5}, Doménica de Mora¹, Rubén Armas^{1

6}, Maritza Olmedo¹, Jimmy Garcés¹, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain⁷

¹ Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública e Investigación "Leopoldo Izquieta-Pérez", Guayaquil, Ecuador.
² Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
³ Programa de Doctorado de PEDECIBA, Universidad de La Républica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
⁴ Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Naestved Hospital, Ringstedgade 57a, Naestved 4700, Denmark.
⁵ Section for Evolutionary Genomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Copenhagen K 1353, Denmark.
⁶ Universidad Espíritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
⁷ One Health Research Group, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador.

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Keywords: Avian flu; Ecuador; H5N1; Influenza A; clade 2.3.4.4b; human case.

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