Tamiru N. Alkie

Transatlantic spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wild birds from Europe to North America in 2021

Valentina Caliendo, Nicola S. Lewis, Anne Pohlmann et al. · Scientific Reports · 2022 · 379 citations · Full text

Characterization of neurotropic HPAI H5N1 viruses with novel genome constellations and mammalian adaptive mutations in free-living mesocarnivores in Canada

Tamiru N. Alkie, Sherri Cox, Carissa Embury‐Hyatt et al. · Emerging Microbes & Infections · 2023 · 128 citations · Full text

Novel Genome Constellations, Genetics, Immunology +24

A threat from both sides: Multiple introductions of genetically distinct H5 HPAI viruses into Canada via both East Asia-Australasia/Pacific and Atlantic flyways

Tamiru N. Alkie, Sara Lopes, Tamiko Hisanaga et al. · Virus Evolution · 2022 · 91 citations · Full text

Gut microbiota modulates type I interferon and antibody-mediated immune responses in chickens infected with influenza virus subtype H9N2

Tamiru N. Alkie, Khaled Taha-Abdelaziz, Jake Astill et al. · Beneficial Microbes · 2018 · 59 citations

Dietary selenium supplementation enhances antiviral immunity in chickens challenged with low pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H9N2

Bahram Shojadoost, Raveendra R. Kulkarni, Adrianna Laursen et al. · Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology · 2018 · 58 citations

Vaccination, Nutrition, Dietary Selenium Supplementation +11