Michelle Wille

The paper reports early surveillance in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin detecting two LPAI viruses in wild waterbirds, aiding in preparedness for potential H5N1 outbreaks.

The paper evaluates four environmental RNA sampling methods for detecting avian influenza viruses in urban waterfowl ponds over a year, finding they detected AIV but with asynchronous results likely due to low viral concentrations.

The paper describes a spatiotemporal mechanistic model for forecasting HPAI H5N1 and evaluates its performance in simulating outbreak dynamics and response readiness in Australia.

The study sampled skuas on the Antarctic Peninsula and found HPAI H5N1 in all but one carcass, indicating the virus is established in Antarctica despite low prevalence.

The paper investigates the ecology of low pathogenicity H7 avian influenza virus in wild birds in southeast Australia before the emergence of high pathogenicity H7 in poultry, finding weak evidence of prior changes in prevalence and diversity but strong support for a rainfall pattern association with outbreak probability.

The paper confirms the presence of HPAI H5N1 2.3.4.4b in Antarctic regions, identifies vulnerable species, and evaluates rapid antigen tests for surveillance.

The study conducted migratory bird and marine mammal surveillance in 2025 and found no evidence of HPAI H5N1 2.3.4.4b in Australia, though low pathogenicity avian influenza was detected.

The study surveils migratory shorebirds and seabirds in Australia in 2024, finding no HPAI H5N1 but detecting diverse LPAI viruses, including mosaic H3N7 and H4N7 from Red-necked Stints and a Eurasian H1N7.

This study tracks the spread and evolution of H5N1 in the sub-Antarctic and Antarctica, revealing long-distance dispersal and mammalian-adaptive mutations.

This study identifies viral communities in New Zealand's aquatic birds, showing that foraging behavior influences viral diversity and reveals novel viruses and mammalian-associated pathogens.

The study sampled wild birds in New Zealand and its territories, finding no HPAI H5N1 but detecting H1N9 in red knots during 2023-2024 migration.

This paper demonstrates that Triton-X 100-treated virus-based ELLA overcomes HA interference in IBV, revealing discordant antigenic evolution between HA and NA.

The paper reports the continued absence of HPAI H5N1 lineage 2.3.4.4b and antibodies against it in migratory birds in Australia during October-December 2023.

The paper compares two avian influenza virus incursions in Australia, showing contrasting evolutionary dynamics between H4 and H10 viruses.

CCMetagen improves metagenomic classification by using weighted read mappings, outperforming existing tools in precision and F1 scores for species-level identification.

The paper identifies a novel HDV-like agent in ducks, showing genetic divergence but structural and functional similarities to HDV, challenging current understanding of HDV origins.