Kiril M. Dimitrov

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.

This study compares the replication ability of avian and mammalian-derived clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses in epithelial cells from different species, finding that mammalian strains replicate more broadly.

The paper shows that pre-existing immunity from H1N1 infection or vaccination can protect against lethal HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b challenge in mice and ferrets, independent of hemagglutination inhibition titers.

This study reports the spillover of HPAI H5N1 virus to dairy cattle, showing efficient intra- and interspecies transmission and viral tropism in mammary gland epithelial cells.

This paper describes a method using third-generation sequencing to rapidly and sensitively predict virulence and identify genotypes of Newcastle disease virus from clinical and egg-propagated samples.