Michael Worobey

The paper analyzes the spread of H5N1 B3.13 in U.S. dairy cattle using genomic data and movement networks, finding that cattle movement, not birds, drives the outbreak.

This study tracks the emergence and molecular evolution of H5N1 influenza viruses in U.S. dairy cattle, identifying increased mutation rates and positive selection after spillover from birds.

The paper uses phylogenetic analysis to examine natural selection in zoonotic viruses, finding no evidence of pre-zoonotic adaptation for human transmission but detecting selection changes in the 1977 H1N1 reemergence.

Reanalysis of public environmental metatranscriptomes from the Huanan market links SARS-CoV-2 positivity to one wildlife stall containing raccoon dog, civet and bamboo rat genetic material.

January 2020 cases in Germany and Washington State were contained, while separate later introductions from China seeded the first sustained SARS-CoV-2 transmission networks in Italy and Washington State.

The paper investigates whether maternal antibodies contribute to hemagglutinin imprinting in children exposed to influenza A viruses early in life.