Opportunity Drives Spillover: Serological Surveillance across Carnivores, Omnivores and Herbivores in an HPAIV H5 Hotspot in North-East Germany, 2023-2025
Anne Günther, Josefine Wassermann, Jonas Heck, Marin Bussi, Andrea Aebischer, Christoph Staubach, H Bergmann, Fabian Hubertus Leendertz, Martin Beer, Gereon Schares, Kerstin Wernike
The paper conducts serological surveillance of H5 HPAI in wildlife in North-East Germany, finding seropositivity in boar and carnivores but not ruminants, indicating avian-to-mammalian spillover.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2025 · PreprintEcology