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Megan N. Thomas

Agricultural Research ServiceORCID 0000-0002-4997-985XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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

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Alexey MarkiniD· 2 shared Amy L. Vincent BakeriD· 2 shared Ganwu LiiD· 2 shared Garrett M. JanzeniD· 2 shared Tavis K. AndersoniD· 2 shared Aditi Sharma· 1 shared Alexis C. ThompsoniD· 1 shared Amy K. SwinfordiD· 1 shared

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Active surveillance for influenza A virus in swine reveals within-farm reassortment and cocirculation of distinct subtypes and genetic clades

Megan N. Thomas, Garrett M. Janzen, Alexey Markin, Aditi Sharma, Kelly Hewitt, Ganwu Li, Amy L. Vincent Baker, Phillip Charles Gauger, Tavis K. Anderson

The paper conducts active surveillance of influenza A virus in swine farms and nurseries, revealing within-farm reassortment, cocirculation of subtypes, and human-to-swine transmission events.

Veterinary Microbiology · Aug 11, 2025Peer-reviewedBioinformatics

Emergence and interstate spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle

Thao-Quyen Nguyen, Carl R. Hutter, Alexey Markin, Megan N. Thomas, Kristina Lantz, Mary Lea Killian, Garrett M. Janzen, Sriram Vijendran, Sanket Wagle, Blake Inderski, Drew Robert Magstadt, Ganwu Li, Diego G. Diel, Elisha Frye, Kiril M. Dimitrov, , Tavis K. Anderson

This study identifies a reassortment event in wild birds leading to HPAI A(H5N1) infection in cattle and highlights the risk of virus spread through asymptomatic cattle to humans.

Science · Apr 24, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology