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Given ongoing A(H5N1) outbreaks in animals, understanding the frequency of A(H5N1) virus infections among asymptomatic persons can inform public health risk assessments and infection prevention guidance.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To identify and characterize reported cases of asymptomatic A(H5N1) virus infection among humans with confirmation by both molecular testing of 1 or more respiratory specimens and 1 or more serum specimens meeting World Health Organization criteria (molecularly and serologically confirmed [MSC]) or molecular confirmation (MC) alone.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Evidence Review<\/jats:title>\n MEDLINE, Embase, Global Health, Cochrane, Scopus, Virtual Health Library, and Europe PubMed Central were searched for publication through August 25, 2025. Articles for full-text screening were evaluated by 2 investigators. Studies published through August 25, 2025, were included if they reported a confirmed A(H5N1) virus infection that met MSC or MC criteria and had a full-text report in English. Articles were excluded if they reported results from A(H5N1) serologic testing alone, serosurveys, or other immunologic studies.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Findings<\/jats:title>\n Of 1567 unique reports that underwent title or abstract screening, 42 were selected for full-text screening, of which 10 met inclusion criteria (3 reports about 2 MSC cases and 7 reports about 16 MC cases). The 2 MSC cases occurred among adults in Pakistan and Vietnam who were identified by investigations of household contacts of index A(H5N1) case patients; 1 case patient also had exposure to A(H5N1) virus\u2013infected chickens as the possible infection source and 1 is thought to have been infected through human-to-human transmission. Neither MSC case patient used personal protective equipment. Of 16 reported MC cases (14 adults, 2 children), 11 were identified by enhanced surveillance of persons exposed to A(H5N1) virus\u2013infected poultry (8 in Bangladesh, 2 in Spain, and 1 in the UK) and the remaining 5 MC cases (3 in Vietnam, 2 in Cambodia) were identified by investigations of household contacts of index A(H5N1) case patients.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n Asymptomatic human infections with A(H5N1) virus have been infrequently reported, with most cases identified through enhanced surveillance or household contact investigations of persons with known exposure. 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