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Latest papers
Rapid expansion of genotype D1.1 A(H5N1) influenza viruses in wild birds across North America during the 2024 migratory season.
Nature medicine · 2026
"The trust is gone": smallholder poultry producers' perceptions of biosecurity measures against highly pathogenic avian influenza.
BMC veterinary research · 2026
Investigating farm-level risk factors for Salmonella Dublin infection and on-farm transmission in British Columbian dairy farms.
JDS communications · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $150,000
Understanding dynamics of British Columbia smallholder livestock systems and One Health strategies to prevent, detect and control highly pathogenic avian influenza
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $112,500
Developing a multiplex serology assay for the detection of highly pathogenic influenza
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $20,000
International Symposium on Avian Influenza
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
10 publications.
Rapid expansion of genotype D1.1 A(H5N1) influenza viruses in wild birds across North America during the 2024 migratory season.
Harrington WN, Signore A, Kercher L, Giacinti JA, Kandeil A, Ahlstrom CA, Bevins S, Crossley B, Eure K, Fabrizio TP, Jeevan T, Lenoch J, Nolting JM, Rejmanek D, Stallknecht D, Bollinger T, Buck EJ, Carter D, Cohen BS, Dilione KE, Feddersen JC, Franks J, Goldsmith D, Highway CJ, Himsworth C, Holmes LP, Jardine C, Jahid MJ, Link P, Miller L, Nemeth NM, Owsiany M, Pybus M, Scott LC, Sharp C, Smith L, Steelman NJ, Stevens B, Berhane Y, Torchetti M, Ramey AM, Poulson R, Webby RJ
"The trust is gone": smallholder poultry producers' perceptions of biosecurity measures against highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Andrew CL, Tworek H, Himsworth C, Byers KA
Investigating farm-level risk factors for Salmonella Dublin infection and on-farm transmission in British Columbian dairy farms.
Boyd E, Cuthbert E, Dick J, Renaud D, Himsworth C
Understanding Salmonella Dublin in British Columbia through bulk tank milk surveillance.
Boyd E, Cuthbert E, Dick J, Ghosh K, Leung D, Renaud DL, Himsworth C
Descriptive epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in British Columbia (B.C.) and the Yukon, Canada, September 2022 to June 2023.
Russell SL, Andrew CL, Yang KC, Coombe M, McGregor G, Redford T, Jassem AN, Zlosnik JEA, Giacinti J, Kuchinski KS, Palmer JL, Tyson JR, Fjell C, Willie M, Ross MV, Winchester M, Wilson L, Berhane Y, Thacker C, Harms NJ, Soos C, Burns T, Prystajecky N, Himsworth C
A Retrospective Analysis of Postmortem Salmonella Dublin Cases in Dairy Cattle in British Columbia.
Boyd E, Dick J, Millar C, Ghosh K, Arya G, Himsworth C
Descriptive Epidemiology and Phylodynamics of the "First Wave" of an Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b) in British Columbia and the Yukon, Canada, April to September 2022.
Andrew CL, Russell SL, Coombe M, Zlosnik JEA, Kuchinski KS, Caleta J, Fjell C, Berhane Y, Bowes V, Redford T, Thacker C, Wilson L, Henaff M, Harms NJ, Jassem A, Giacinti J, Soos C, Prystajecky N, Himsworth C
Hands off the Mink! Using Environmental Sampling for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in American Mink.
Boyd E, Coombe M, Prystajecky N, Caleta JM, Sekirov I, Tyson J, Himsworth C
ProbeTools: designing hybridization probes for targeted genomic sequencing of diverse and hypervariable viral taxa.
Kuchinski KS, Duan J, Himsworth C, Hsiao W, Prystajecky NA
Extraction and Detection of Avian Influenza Virus From Wetland Sediment Using Enrichment-Based Targeted Resequencing.
Tindale LC, Baticados W, Duan J, Coombe M, Jassem A, Tang P, Uyaguari-Diaz M, Moore R, Himsworth C, Hsiao W, Prystajecky N
Understanding dynamics of British Columbia smallholder livestock systems and One Health strategies to prevent, detect and control highly pathogenic avian influenza
Principal investigators: Smith, Anya F
Keywords: Adherence; H5n1; Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Livestock; One Health; Perception; Smallholder Producers; Transmission
Developing a multiplex serology assay for the detection of highly pathogenic influenza
Principal investigators: Jassem, Agatha N; Himsworth, Chelsea G
Keywords: Assay Development; Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza; Serology
International Symposium on Avian Influenza
Principal investigators: Lang, Andrew S
Keywords: One Health; Pandemic Preparedness; Vaccines; Virology; Zoonotic Diseases
A One Health approach to investigating the ecology of East African trypanosomiasis in Malawian wildlife
Principal investigators: Anholt, Heather R
Keywords: Disease Ecology; Epidemiology; Molecular Techniques; Neglected Tropical Disease; One Health; Pcr; Sleeping Sickness; Trypanosomiasis; Veterinary Science; Wildlife Reservoir
Muddy molecules for pandemic protection: A prospective longitudinal survey using genomic analysis of wetland sediment for the detection and characterization of avian influenza viruses in wild waterfowl in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
Principal investigators: Coombe, Michelle K
Keywords: Avian Influenza; Epidemiology; Genomics; Public Health; Surveillance; Target Enriched Sequencing; Zoonoses
Do rats pose a health risk for people living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside? Understanding the ecology and epidemiology of rat-associated zoonoses in rats and people.
Principal investigators: Patrick, David M
Keywords: Epidemiology; Public Health; Urban Rats; Zoonotic Disease
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Natalie Prystajecky and Agatha Jassem: 7 shared papers
- Natalie Prystajecky and Inna Sekirov: 6 shared papers
- William Hsiao and Natalie Prystajecky: 5 shared papers
- William Hsiao and William Hsiao: 4 shared papers
- Natalie Prystajecky and Chelsea Himsworth: 4 shared papers
- Agatha Jassem and Inna Sekirov: 3 shared papers
- William Hsiao and Agatha Jassem: 2 shared papers
- William Hsiao and Chelsea Himsworth: 2 shared papers
- Agatha Jassem and Chelsea Himsworth: 2 shared papers
- William Hsiao and Chelsea Himsworth: 1 shared paper
- Chelsea Himsworth and Inna Sekirov: 1 shared paper
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- School of Population and Public Health
- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Natalie Prystajecky
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
4 shared papers, latest 2024
William Hsiao
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Agatha Jassem
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Inna Sekirov
School of Population and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2023
William Hsiao
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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