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ArticleNature communications2025

Cross-species and mammal-to-mammal transmission of clade 2.3.4.4b highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 with PB2 adaptations.

Catalina Pardo-Roa, Martha I Nelson, Naomi Ariyama, Carolina Aguayo, Leonardo I Almonacid, Ana S Gonzalez-Reiche, Gabriela Muñoz, Mauricio Ulloa, Claudia Ávila, Carlos Navarro and 17 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Catalina Pardo-Roa *Department of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Nursing, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Martha I Nelson *National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-0179
Naomi Ariyama *Emory Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Response (Emory-CEIRR), Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-5979
Carolina AguayoServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Leonardo I AlmonacidMolecular Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Ana S Gonzalez-ReicheCenter for Research, on Influenza Pathogenesis and Transmission (CRIPT) Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR), New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3583-4497
Gabriela MuñozDepartamento de Medicina Preventiva Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Mauricio UlloaServicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura (SERNAPESCA), Santiago, Chile.
Claudia ÁvilaServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Carlos NavarroServicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura (SERNAPESCA), Santiago, Chile.
Rodolfo ReyesServicio Nacional de Pesca y Acuicultura (SERNAPESCA), Santiago, Chile.
Pablo N Castillo-TorresDepartment of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-2418-6049
Christian MathieuServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Ricardo VergaraServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Álvaro GonzálezServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Carmen Gloria GonzálezServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Hugo ArayaServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Andrés CastilloMolecular Genetic Subdepartment, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9644-3719
Juan Carlos TorresServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile.
Paulo CovarrubiasMolecular Genetic Subdepartment, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Patricia BustosSection of Respiratory and Exanthematic Viruses, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Harm van BakelCenter for Research, on Influenza Pathogenesis and Transmission (CRIPT) Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Response (CEIRR), New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1376-6916
Jorge FernándezMolecular Genetic Subdepartment, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5792-0719
Rodrigo A FasceSection of Respiratory and Exanthematic Viruses, Public Health Institute of Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2213-1461
Magdalena JohowServicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Santiago, Chile. magdalena.johow@sag.gob.cl.
Víctor NeiraEmory Center of Excellence of Influenza Research and Response (Emory-CEIRR), Atlanta, GA, USA. victorneira@u.uchile.cl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9062-9969
Rafael A MedinaDepartment of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. rafael.medina@emory.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5013-6884

Funding

NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00014 · NIAID · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI GARCIA-SASTRE, ADOLFO · 2021 to 2025
$62.6M
Conduits: Mount Sinai Health System Translational Science HubUL1TR004419 · NCATS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Rosalind J Wright · 2022 to 2026
$46.4M
NIAID Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Response: Universal Influenza Vaccine Research Activities75N93021C00017 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LOWEN, ANICE · 2021 to 2025
$27.3M
COVID and Translational Science supercomputer (CATS)S10OD030463 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2021 to 2021
$2.0M
Big Omics Data Engine 2 SupercomputerS10OD026880 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KOVATCH, PATRICIA · 2019 to 2019
$2.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR004419NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00014NIAID NIH HHS 75N93021C00017NIH HHS 75N93021C00014NIH HHS 75N93021C00017NIH HHS S10 OD026880NIH HHS S10 OD030463
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses (HPAIV) belonging to lineage 2.3.4.4b emerged in Chile in December 2022, leading to mass mortality events in wild birds, poultry, and marine mammals and one human case. We detected HPAIV in 7,33% (714/9745) of cases between December 2022-April 2023 and sequenced 177 H5N1 virus genomes from poultry, marine mammals, a human, and wild birds spanning >3800 km of Chilean coastline. Chilean viruses were closely related to Peru's H5N1 outbreak, consistent with north-to-south spread down the Pacific coastline. One human virus and nine marine mammal viruses in Chile had the rare PB2 D701N mammalian-adaptation mutation and clustered phylogenetically despite being sampled 5 weeks and hundreds of kilometers apart. These viruses shared additional genetic signatures, including another mammalian PB2 adaptation (Q591K, n = 6), synonymous mutations, and minor variants. Several mutations were detected months later in sealions in the Atlantic coast, indicating that the pinniped outbreaks on the west and east coasts of South America are genetically linked. These data support sustained mammal-to-mammal transmission of HPAIV in marine mammals over thousands of kilometers of Chile's Pacific coastline, which subsequently continued through the Atlantic coastline.

Indexed as

Influenza A Virus, H5N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza in BirdsMammalsOrthomyxoviridae InfectionsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral ProteinsAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsAnimals, WildBirdsChileDisease OutbreaksGenome, ViralHumansMutationPB2 protein, Influenzavirus ARNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral Proteins

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PMCPMC11882949

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