Susan A. Shriner
@susanashriner.bsky.social
Wildlife Epidemiologist/Disease Ecologist. Emerging pathogens, avian #influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and spatial ecology. Birds rule. #ornithology she/hers
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Yes! I make art inspired by science, and scarves and ties based on my paintings, and sell them at www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Yes! I make art inspired by science, and scarves and ties based on my paintings, and sell them at www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...
Reposted by Susan A. Shriner
from past US outbreaks. Wild birds were overwhelmingly the inferred sources of transmission, allowing for repeated spillovers into agriculture. This contrasts with the epizootic of 2015, during which farm-to-farm spread was the main driver (see: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...)
Agricultural and geographic factors shaped the North American 2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N2 outbreak
Author summary The highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak among poultry farms in the midwestern United States appears to be influenced by agricultural and geographic factors. After initial introdu...
journals.plos.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
from past US outbreaks. Wild birds were overwhelmingly the inferred sources of transmission, allowing for repeated spillovers into agriculture. This contrasts with the epizootic of 2015, during which farm-to-farm spread was the main driver (see: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...)
Reposted by Susan A. Shriner
In short: We analyzed publicly available HA sequences from 2021-mid-2023, and reconstructed transmission into and within North American using discrete trait models. We show that the epizootic was repeatedly introduced into North America, including at least 7 introductions into the Pacific flyway.
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In short: We analyzed publicly available HA sequences from 2021-mid-2023, and reconstructed transmission into and within North American using discrete trait models. We show that the epizootic was repeatedly introduced into North America, including at least 7 introductions into the Pacific flyway.
For me, it’s brown tree snake.
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For me, it’s brown tree snake.