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Basic Characteristics of Mutations
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Mutation Site
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R21Q |
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Mutation Site Sentence
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Argentina’s marine mammal viruses in herited eightaminoacid changes that emerged previously in marine mammals in Chile and Peru but were never seen in H5N1 HPAI viruses circulating in birds in those countriesandappear to be specific to the marine mammal clade (Fig.3):Q591K and D701N in PB2;L548F in PB1;A20T,M86I,and M548I inPA;and R21Q and I226T in NS1. |
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Mutation Level
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Amino acid level |
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Mutation Type
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Nonsynonymous substitution |
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Gene/Protein/Region
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NS1 |
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Standardized Encoding Gene
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NS
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Genotype/Subtype
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H5N1 |
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Viral Reference
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PQ002111–PQ002158;PP488310–PP488341
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Functional Impact and Mechanisms
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Disease
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Influenza A
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Immune
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Target Gene
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-
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Clinical and Epidemiological Correlations
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Clinical Information
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- |
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Treatment
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- |
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Location
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Argentina |
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Literature Information
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PMID
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39528494
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Title
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Epidemiological data of an influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in elephant seals in Argentina indicates mammal-to-mammal transmission
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Author
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Uhart MM,Vanstreels RET,Nelson MI,Olivera V,Campagna J,Zavattieri V,Lemey P,Campagna C,Falabella V,Rimondi A
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Journal
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Nature communications
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Journal Info
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2024 Nov 11;15(1):9516
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Abstract
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H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus has killed thousands of marine mammals in South America since 2022. Here we report epidemiological data and full genome characterization of clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 HPAI viruses associated with a massive outbreak in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, in October 2023. We also report on H5N1 viruses in concurrently dead terns. Our genomic analysis shows that viruses from pinnipeds and terns in Argentina form a distinct clade with marine mammal viruses from Peru, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay. Additionally, these marine mammal clade viruses share an identical set of mammalian adaptation mutations which were also present in tern viruses. Our combined ecological and phylogenetic data support mammal-to-mammal transmission and occasional mammal-to-bird spillover and suggest multinational transmission of H5N1 viruses in mammals. We reflect that H5N1 viruses becoming more evolutionary flexible and adapting to mammals in new ways could have global consequences for wildlife, humans, and/or livestock.
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Sequence Data
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-
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