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Simon Piro

ORCID 0000-0002-1035-4246Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Ann Kathrin AhrensiD· 2 shared Anne GüntheriD· 2 shared Anne PohlmanniD· 2 shared Christof HerrmanniD· 2 shared Timm HarderiD· 2 shared Anja GlobigiD· 1 shared Carla J. Behringer· 1 shared Christoph StaubachiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Outbreak dynamics of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1, clade 2.3.4.4b euBB, in black-headed gulls and common terns in Germany in 2023

Ulrich Knief, Ann Kathrin Ahrens, Valerie Allendorf, Carla J. Behringer, Justine Bertram, Sandra Bouwhuis, Wolfgang Fiedler, Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Christof Herrmann, Sascha Knauf, Dominik Marchowski, Simon Piro, Anne Pohlmann, Robert Ethan Rollins, , Timm Harder

This paper tracks the outbreak of HPAIV H5N1 euBB in black-headed gulls and common terns in Germany, showing multiple incursions, high mortality, and population declines.

Avian Pathology · Apr 15, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

High pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 (clade 2.3.4.4b) drives mass mortality in Eurasian crane (Grus grus) populations in Germany, 2025

Anne Günther, Christof Herrmann, Julia Sehl‐Ewert, Simon Piro, Ann Kathrin Ahrens, Sten Calvelage, Anne Pohlmann, Martin Beer, Timm Harder

The paper identifies H5N1 avian influenza virus as the cause of a mass mortality event in Eurasian cranes in Germany in 2025, linked to their social behavior.

bioRxiv · Dec 11, 2025 · PreprintEcology