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Volume 30, Number 11—November 2024
Research Letter

Iquitos Virus in Traveler Returning to the United States from Ecuador

Katherine Baer1, Itika Arora1, Jayden Kimbro, Ali Haider, Michelle Mott, Kyleigh Marshall, Henry M. Wu, Jessica Fairley, Anne Piantadosi, David R. Myers, and Jesse J. WaggonerComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Emory TravelWell Center, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (K. Baer); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (K. Baer, I. Arora, J. Kimbro, A. Haider, M. Mott, H.M. Wu, J. Fairley, A. Piantadosi, J.J. Waggoner); Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta (K. Marshall, J. Fairley, J.J. Waggoner); Emory University, Atlanta (D.R. Myers); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (D.R. Myers); American and Asian Centers for Arboviral Research and Enhanced Surveillance, Atlanta (J.J. Waggoner)

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Figure 1

Provinces of Ecuador (light blue), including areas visited by a traveler from the United States who was infected with Iquitos virus (medium and dark blue); the provinces of Esmeraldas and Napo (dark blue) highlighted as areas of highest concern for contracting the virus. Surrounding provinces with confirmed Oropouche virus infection cases in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia are shown; shading indicates the number of reported cases, based on data from the Pan American Health Organization (5).

Figure 1. Provinces of Ecuador (light blue), including areas visited by a traveler from the United States who was infected with Iquitos virus (medium and dark blue); the provinces of Esmeraldas and Napo (dark blue) highlighted as areas of highest concern for contracting the virus. Surrounding provinces with confirmed Oropouche virus infection cases in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia are shown; shading indicates the number of reported cases, based on data from the Pan American Health Organization (5).

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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