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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
Research Letter

Mass Mortality of Sea Lions Caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus

Víctor Gamarra-Toledo1Comments to Author , Pablo I. Plaza1, Roberto Gutiérrez, Giancarlo Inga-Diaz, 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 Ventura, and Sergio A. Lambertucci
Author affiliations: Grupo de Investigaciones en Biología de la Conservación, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue—CONICET, Bariloche, Argentina (V. Gamarra-Toledo, P.I. Plaza, S.A. Lambertucci); Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru (V. Gamarra-Toledo, R. Gutiérrez); Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado, Lima, Peru (R. Gutiérrez, G. Inga-Diaz, P. Saravia-Guevara, O. Pereyra-Meza, E. Coronado-Flores, A. Calderón-Cerrón, G. Quiroz-Jiménez, P. Martinez, D. Huamán-Mendoza, J.C. Nieto-Navarrete, S. Ventura); Asociación Convive Perú, Madre de Dios, Perú (G. Inga-Diaz)

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Video 1

Individual sea lion (Otaria flavescens) with acute respiratory distress and showing white foam from the mouth and nervous incoordination caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. The video was recorded on a beach in the city of Lima, Peru.

Video 1. Individual sea lion (Otaria flavescens) with acute respiratory distress and showing white foam from the mouth and nervous incoordination caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. The video was recorded on a beach in the city of Lima, Peru.

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1These two authors contributed equally to the study.

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