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Volume 32, Number 1—January 2026

Dispatch

Detection of Oropouche and Punta Toro Virus Infections by Enhanced Surveillance, Panama, 2023–2024

Maria Chen-Germán, Claudia González, Dimelza Araúz, Celestino Aguilar, Melanie Vega, Oris Chavarria, Ambar Moreno, Erika Santiago, Danilo Franco, Elimelec Valdespino, Jessica Gondola, Mayla Pinedo, Domicio Espino, Tamara Salcedo, Leticia Franco, Nicanor Obaldía, Blas Armien, Alexander A. Martínez1, and Brechla Moreno1Comments to Author 
Author affiliation: Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama City, Panama (M. Chen-Germán, C. González, D.J. Araúz, M. Vega, O. Chavarria, A. Moreno, E. Santiago, D. Franco, E. Valdespino, J. Gondola, N. Obaldia III, B. Armien, A.A. Martínez, B. Moreno); University of Panama, Panama City (C. Gonzalez, C. Aguilar, A.A. Martínez); Dr. Hugo Spadafora Polyclinic, Colon City, Panama (M. Pinedo); Ministry of Health, Penonome City, Panama (D. Espino); Ministry of Health, Panama City (T. Salcedo, B. Armien); Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización  Mundial de la Salud, Panama City (L. Franco); Sistema Nacional de Investigación-SENACYT, Panama City (B. Armien, A.A. Martínez); Interamerican University of Panama, Panama City (B. Moreno)

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Table 2

Sequence analysis results from a study of detection of Oropouche and Punta Toro virus infections by enhanced surveillance, Panama, 2023–2024*

Organism and segment GenBank accession no. Start position End position No. reads Base coverage Coverage, % Mean depth of segment, reads, n Mean base quality, % Mean mapped read quality, %
Oropouche virus sample A003066
M PP154171 1 4371 6,387 4,364 99.4 162.4 37.5 41.3
S PP154170 1 944 3,411 846 89.6 405.13 37 45.5
L
 PP154172
 1
 6814
 14,128
 6,814
 100
 239.7
 37.5
 46.2
Punta Toro virus sample A3416V2
S KP272018 1 1899 217,265 1,899 100 18.609 37 48.2
M KP272017 1 4340 280,677 4,340 100 10.978 37 50.3
L KP272016 1 6407 877,321 6,407 100 23.679 37 51.2

*L, large; M, medium; S, small.

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1These authors were co–principal investigators.

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