Human influenza
Seasonal influenza evolves under relentless immune pressure, and understanding that process is what makes vaccine strain selection possible. Our work on human influenza spans the global migration of seasonal lineages, the temporal patterning of hemagglutinin glycosylation and the comparatively understudied evolution of neuraminidase.
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Multiyear persistence of 2 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza virus lineages in West Africa
Nelson MI, Njouom R, Viboud C, Niang MN, Kadjo H, Ampofo W, Adebayo A, Tarnagda Z, Miller MA, Holmes EC, Diop OM
J Infect Dis 2014 210(1):121-5
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Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 influenza A virus since 1918
Nelson MI, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Bennett RT, Griesemer SB, St George K, Taylor J, Spiro DJ, Sengamalay NA, Ghedin E, Taubenberger JK, Holmes EC
PLoS Pathog 2008 4(2):e1000012
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The evolution of epidemic influenza
Nelson MI, Holmes EC
Nat Rev Genet 2007 8(3):196-205
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2023
Tracking the emergence of antigenic variants in influenza A virus epidemics in Brazil
Pillai TK, Johnson KE, Song T, Gregianini TS, Tatiana G B, Wang G, Medina RA, Van Bakel H, García-Sastre A, Nelson MI, Ghedin E, Veiga ABG
Virus Evol 2023 9(1):vead027
2022
Birth cohort relative to an influenza A virus's antigenic cluster introduction drives patterns of children's antibody titers
Brouwer AF, Balmaseda A, Gresh L, Patel M, Ojeda S, Schiller AJ, Lopez R, Webby RJ, Nelson MI, Kuan G, Gordon A
PLoS Pathog 2022 18(2):e1010317
Homotypic protection against influenza in a pediatric cohort in Managua, Nicaragua
Wraith S, Balmaseda A, Carrillo FAB, Kuan G, Huddleston J, Kubale J, Lopez R, Ojeda S, Schiller A, Lopez B, Sanchez N, Webby R, Nelson MI, Harris E, Gordon A
Nat Commun 2022 13(1):1190
2020
Beyond clinical trials: Evolutionary and epidemiological considerations for development of a universal influenza vaccine
Viboud C, Gostic K, Nelson MI, Price GE, Perofsky A, Sun K, Sequeira Trovão N, Cowling BJ, Epstein SL, Spiro DJ
PLoS Pathog 2020 16(9):e1008583
2019
Human Influenza A Virus Hemagglutinin Glycan Evolution Follows a Temporal Pattern to a Glycan Limit
Altman MO, Angel M, Košík I, Trovão NS, Zost SJ, Gibbs JS, Casalino L, Amaro RE, Hensley SE, Nelson MI, Yewdell JW
mBio 2019 10(2)
2018
Origins of the 1918 Pandemic: Revisiting the Swine "Mixing Vessel" Hypothesis
Nelson MI, Worobey M
Am J Epidemiol 2018 187(12):2498-2502
2015
Phylogeography of Influenza A(H3N2) Virus in Peru, 2010-2012
Pollett S, Nelson MI, Kasper M, Tinoco Y, Simons M, Romero C, Silva M, Lin X, Halpin RA, Fedorova N, Stockwell TB, Wentworth D, Holmes EC, Bausch DG
Emerg Infect Dis 2015 21(8):1330-8
2014
Molecular epidemiology of influenza A/H3N2 viruses circulating in Mexico from 2003 to 2012
Escalera-Zamudio M, Nelson MI, Cobián Güemes AG, López-Martínez I, Cruz-Ortiz N, Iguala-Vidales M, García ER, Barrera-Badillo G, Díaz-Quiñonez JA, López S, Arias CF, Isa P, Members of Colegio de Pediatría del Estado de Veracruz
PLoS One 2014 9(7):e102453
Featured publication
Multiyear persistence of 2 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza virus lineages in West Africa
Nelson MI, Njouom R, Viboud C, Niang MN, Kadjo H, Ampofo W, Adebayo A, Tarnagda Z, Miller MA, Holmes EC, Diop OM
J Infect Dis 2014 210(1):121-5
The evolutionary dynamics of influenza A and B viruses in the tropical city of Managua, Nicaragua
Nelson MI, Balmaseda A, Kuan G, Saborio S, Lin X, Halpin RA, Stockwell TB, Wentworth DE, Harris E, Gordon A
Virology 2014 462-463:81-90
2013
Contrasting the epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of influenza spatial transmission
Viboud C, Nelson MI, Tan Y, Holmes EC
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2013 368(1614):20120199
Epidemiological dynamics and phylogeography of influenza virus in southern China
Cheng X, Tan Y, He M, Lam TT, Lu X, Viboud C, He J, Zhang S, Lu J, Wu C, Fang S, Wang X, Xie X, Ma H, Nelson MI, Kung HF, Holmes EC, Cheng J
J Infect Dis 2013 207(1):106-14
2011
Global influenza seasonality: reconciling patterns across temperate and tropical regions
Tamerius J, Nelson MI, Zhou SZ, Viboud C, Miller MA, Alonso WJ
Environ Health Perspect 2011 119(4):439-45
Phylogeography of the spring and fall waves of the H1N1/09 pandemic influenza virus in the United States
Nelson MI, Tan Y, Ghedin E, Wentworth DE, St George K, Edelman L, Beck ET, Fan J, Lam TT, Kumar S, Spiro DJ, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Holmes EC, Henrickson KJ, Musser JM
J Virol 2011 85(2):828-34
Temporally structured metapopulation dynamics and persistence of influenza A H3N2 virus in humans
Bahl J, Nelson MI, Chan KH, Chen R, Vijaykrishna D, Halpin RA, Stockwell TB, Lin X, Wentworth DE, Ghedin E, Guan Y, Peiris JS, Riley S, Rambaut A, Holmes EC, Smith GJ
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 108(48):19359-64
2009
The early diversification of influenza A/H1N1pdm
Nelson M, Spiro D, Wentworth D, Beck E, Fan J, Ghedin E, Halpin R, Bera J, Hine E, Proudfoot K, Stockwell T, Lin X, Griesemer S, Kumar S, Bose M, Viboud C, Holmes E, Henrickson K
PLoS Curr 2009 1:RRN1126
The origin and global emergence of adamantane resistant A/H3N2 influenza viruses
Nelson MI, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Miller MA, Holmes EC
Virology 2009 388(2):270-8
2008
Molecular epidemiology of A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 influenza virus during a single epidemic season in the United States
Nelson MI, Edelman L, Spiro DJ, Boyne AR, Bera J, Halpin R, Sengamalay N, Ghedin E, Miller MA, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Holmes EC
PLoS Pathog 2008 4(8):e1000133
Featured publication
Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 influenza A virus since 1918
Nelson MI, Viboud C, Simonsen L, Bennett RT, Griesemer SB, St George K, Taylor J, Spiro DJ, Sengamalay NA, Ghedin E, Taubenberger JK, Holmes EC
PLoS Pathog 2008 4(2):e1000012
The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of human influenza A virus
Rambaut A, Pybus OG, Nelson MI, Viboud C, Taubenberger JK, Holmes EC
Nature 2008 453(7195):615-9
2007
Phylogenetic analysis reveals the global migration of seasonal influenza A viruses
Nelson MI, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Miller MA, Holmes EC
PLoS Pathog 2007 3(9):1220-8
Featured publication
The evolution of epidemic influenza
Nelson MI, Holmes EC
Nat Rev Genet 2007 8(3):196-205
2006
Stochastic processes are key determinants of short-term evolution in influenza a virus
Nelson MI, Simonsen L, Viboud C, Miller MA, Taylor J, George KS, Griesemer SB, Ghedin E, Sengamalay NA, Spiro DJ, Volkov I, Grenfell BT, Lipman DJ, Taubenberger JK, Holmes EC
PLoS Pathog 2006 2(12):e125
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