The potential of H5N1 viruses to adapt to bovine cells varies throughout evolution
Matthew L. Turnbull, Mohammad Khalid Zakaria, Nicole Upfold, Siddharth Bakshi, Callum Magill, Udeet Ranjan Das, Andrew T. Clarke, Laura Noelia Mojsiejczuk, Vanessa Herder, Kieran Dee, Nancy Liu, Monika Folwarczna, Georgios Ilia, Wilhelm Furnon, Verena Schultz, , Massimo Palmarini
This study shows that H5N1 viruses' ability to adapt to bovine cells varies across genotypes and time, with key mutations in PB2 playing a role.
Nature Communications · Dec 15, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology