Lizeth Salazar

Ms. Lizeth Salazar

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Academic Career Length

1Year (2026-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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7 October 2026 in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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SMSully Márquez
Sully Márquez
LSLizeth Salazar
Lizeth Salazar
JCJohn P Collins
John P Collins
VNVictoria Nipaz
Victoria Nipaz
VCVanessa Dávila Campos
Vanessa Dávila Campos
JCJosefina Coloma
Josefina Coloma
: Orthobunyaviruses, one of the largest and most diverse genera of viruses, include numerous reassortant viruses and present diagnostic challenges due to similar clinical presentations with other arboviral infections. The detection and isolation of a group C orthobunyavirus from a patient with acute febrile illness from Puerto Ospina, Putumayo Department, Colombia during the 2023–2024 Latin American Oropouche fever regional outbreaks are reported in the present study. Using a vertebrate virus-focused metagenomics sequencing approach with VirCapSeq-VERT, a virus related to the Caraparu complex was identified, and a virus isolate was obtained. Although limited to a single case and without serological or longitudinal clinical confirmation, these findings underscore the value of unbiased molecular approaches for unresolved febrile illness diagnosis in endemic settings such as the Amazon basin.