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Tristan L. Burgess

Tufts UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9457-9150Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Clive R. McMahoniD· 2 shared Guy BaeleiD· 2 shared Jarrod C. HodgsoniD· 2 shared Julie C. McInnesiD· 2 shared Matthew J. NeaveiD· 2 shared Thierry BoulinieriD· 2 shared Aleks TeraudsiD· 1 shared Amy McMahon· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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First detected incursions of avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b into mainland Australia from the Southern Ocean

Matthew J. Neave, Sam Hair, Patrick Mileto, Jackie E. Mahar, Vittoria Stevens, Kelly Davies, Mark O'Dea, Sadia Iqbal, Jamie Ong, Andrew Hughes, Jianning Wang, Nathan Fox, Jodie C. Crowder, Donna Gillies, Jeff Butler, , Frank Y. K. Wong

The paper reports the first detection of H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in mainland Australia from seabirds, tracing the viruses to Heard Island via phylogenetic analysis and highlighting the risk of mainland establishment.

bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Inter-population connectivity of southern elephant seals and the likely intra-species transmission pathways of high pathogenicity avian influenza

Clive R. McMahon, Mark Andrew Hindell, Robert G. Harcourt, Isobel Lerpiniere, Ian David Jonsen, Christophe Guinet, Rupert Woods, Marthán N Bester, Jane L. Younger, Nicholas M. Fountain‐Jones, Tristan L. Burgess

The paper assesses seal-to-seal transmission pathways of HPAI H5N1 among southern elephant seals using movement data, finding potential but unlikely spread between colonies.

bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2026 · PreprintEcology

Mass mortality of southern elephant seals during multi-species outbreak of HPAI H5N1 on sub-Antarctic Heard Island

Julie C. McInnes, Tristan L. Burgess, Georgia Mergard, Melanie R. Wells, Clive R. McMahon, Matthew J. Neave, Andrea Maree Polanowski, Aleks Terauds, J Tornos, Mathilde Lejeune, François‐Xavier Briand, Guy Baele, Thierry Boulinier, Helen Achurch, Rachael L. Alderman, , Jarrod C. Hodgson

The paper reports a multi-species outbreak of HPAI H5N1 on Heard Island, causing mass mortality in southern elephant seals and other seabirds, with drones used for monitoring.

bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2026 · PreprintEcology