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Nomenclature for tracking of genetic variation of seasonal influenza viruses

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Richard A Neher
John Huddleston
Trevor Bedford
Nicola Lewis
Ruth Harvey
Monica Galiano
[...]
Rebecca Kondor
Yi Mo Deng
Clyde Dapat
Kanta Subbarao
Ian Barr

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

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Isolator/glovebox technical challenges for the curation of samples returned from Mars

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John Michael Christopher Holt
Karen Olsson-Francis
Ruth Harvey
Mark Sephton
Caroline Smith
Christopher Hewitt

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Published 12 February 2026

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Emergence and antigenic characterisation of influenza A(H3N2) viruses with hemagglutinin substitutions N158K and K189R during the 2024/25 influenza season

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Björn Koel
Alex Byrne
Sam Turner
Sarah James
Ruth Harvey
Monica Galiano
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Dirk Eggink
Nicola Lewis
Derek Smith
Adam Meijer
Ron Fouchier

bioRxiv

Published 10 February 2026

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FluNexus: a versatile web platform for antigenic prediction and visualization of influenza A viruses

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Xingyi Li
Chunyan Zhou
Han Wu
Kexin Xiao
Jun Hao
Dongmin Zhao
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Min Li
Yan Liu
Xuequn Shang
Hualan Chen
Huihui Kong

bioRxiv

Published 30 January 2026

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Genomic features associated with sustained mammalian transmission of avian influenza A viruses

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Yongtao Ye
Huiping Shuai
Yi Song
Marcus Ho-Hin Shum
David K Smith
Haogao Gu
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Edward C Holmes
Malik Peiris
Leo Lit-Man Poon
Yi Guan
Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam

Nature Microbiology

Published 27 January 2026

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Wild passerines as potential carriers and sources of avian influenza viruses in Ukraine

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Nataliia Muzyka
Anastasia Popova
Oleksandr Rula
Polina Yurko
Anzhela Chaplygina
Alex Byrne
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Nicola Lewis
Anne Pohlmann
Martin Beer
Jonas Waldenström
Denys Muzyka

Frontiers in Microbiology

Published 20 January 2026

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Influenza surveillance in the Central African Republic from 2015 to 2018 to inform vaccination and treatment strategies

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Giscard Francis Komoyo
Chantal J Snoeck
Rod S Daniels
Marie R Belizaire
Judith M Hübschen
Claude P Muller
Pierre Somse
Yap Boum II
Emmanuel Nakoune
John Mccauley

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Published 1 January 2026

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Immunogenicity of three-dose COVID-19 vaccines in people living with multiple sclerosis

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Marianne J Shawe-Taylor
David Greenwood
Anna He
Agnieszka Hobbs
Giulia Dowgier
Becky Penn
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David LV Bauer
Mary Wu
Edward Carr
Emma Wall
Olga Ciccarelli

BMJ Neurology Open

Published 1 July 2025

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Nomenclature for tracking of genetic variation of seasonal influenza viruses

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Richard A Neher
John Huddleston
Trevor Bedford
Nicola Lewis
Ruth Harvey
Monica Galiano
[...]
Rebecca Kondor
Yi Mo Deng
Clyde Dapat
Kanta Subbarao
Ian Barr

medRxiv

Published 8 December 2025

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Spillover of H5 influenza viruses to vampire bats at the marine-terrestrial interface

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I-Ting Tu
Christina Lynggaard
Lorin Adams
Sarah K Walsh
Hanting Chen
Savitha Raveendran
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Pablo R Murcia
Massimo Palmarini
Kristine Bohmann
Ruth Harvey
Daniel G Streicker

bioRxiv

Published 11 November 2025

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Nomenclature for tracking of genetic variation of seasonal influenza viruses

Isolator/glovebox technical challenges for the curation of samples returned from Mars

Emergence and antigenic characterisation of influenza A(H3N2) viruses with hemagglutinin substitutions N158K and K189R during the 2024/25 influenza season

FluNexus: a versatile web platform for antigenic prediction and visualization of influenza A viruses

Genomic features associated with sustained mammalian transmission of avian influenza A viruses

Wild passerines as potential carriers and sources of avian influenza viruses in Ukraine

Influenza surveillance in the Central African Republic from 2015 to 2018 to inform vaccination and treatment strategies

Immunogenicity of three-dose COVID-19 vaccines in people living with multiple sclerosis

Nomenclature for tracking of genetic variation of seasonal influenza viruses

Spillover of H5 influenza viruses to vampire bats at the marine-terrestrial interface

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