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Front. Vet. Sci.
Sec. Veterinary Infectious Diseases
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1457035
This article is part of the Research Topic Wildlife-Domestic Animal Interface: Threat or Sentinel? View all 7 articles

Endangered Galápagos sea lions and fur seals under the siege of lethal avian flu: A cautionary note on emerging infectious viruses in endemic pinnipeds of the Galápagos Islands

Provisionally accepted
Juan José Alava Juan José Alava 1*Ana Tirapé Ana Tirapé 2Judith Denkinger Judith Denkinger 3Katiuska P. Calle Delgado Katiuska P. Calle Delgado 2Patricia Rosero Patricia Rosero 4Sandie Salazar Sandie Salazar 3Patricia Fair Patricia Fair 5Stephen Raverty Stephen Raverty 6
  • 1 Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • 2 Faculty of Life Sciences, ESPOL Polytechnic University, Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
  • 3 Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
  • 4 School of Environmental Sciences, Espiritu Santo University, Samborondón, Ecuador
  • 5 Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
  • 6 Animal Health Centre, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

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    Keywords: Galapagos sea lion, Galapagos fur seal, Avian A(H5N1) influenza, Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), Mortality, Emergency preparedness (EP), Epizootic, Galapagos marine reserve

    Received: 29 Jun 2024; Accepted: 29 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Alava, Tirapé, Denkinger, Calle Delgado, Rosero, Salazar, Fair and Raverty. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Juan José Alava, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V5A 1S6, British Columbia, Canada

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