Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Dairy cattle movement networks govern the spread and persistence of H5N1 B3.13 in the United States
Jonathan E. Pekar, Yucai Shao, Alvin Crespo-Bellido…·Philippe Lemey
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.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.28.762465