Adam S. Lauring

Jul 6, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Adam S. Lauring |Emily Martin |Marisa Eisenberg |William Fitzsimmons

AbstractAn outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI) H5N1 in dairy cattle in the United States has spread to at least 136 dairy herds in 11 states. Due to a lack of testing, it has been difficult to determine the number of farms affected and the extent of intrastate spread. We report a pilot study of real time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) detection of influenza A virus (IAV) in milk purchased from local markets across Michigan.

Jun 5, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Kevin C. Ma |Diya Surie |Adam S. Lauring |Emily Martin

AbstractBackground: Assessing COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) and severity of SARS-CoV-2 variants can inform public health risk assessments and decisions about vaccine composition. BA.2.86 and its descendants, including JN.1 (referred to collectively as "JN lineages"), emerged in late 2023 and exhibited substantial genomic divergence from co-circulating XBB lineages.

Oct 23, 2023 | nature.com | Yicheng Guo |Liyuan Liu |Manoj Nair |Sho Iketani |Yiming Huang |Adam S. Lauring | +3 more

AbstractA SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant, BA.2.86, has emerged and spread to numerous countries worldwide, raising alarm because its spike protein contains 34 additional mutations compared to its BA.2 predecessor1. We examined its antigenicity using human sera and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Reassuringly, BA.2.86 was not more resistant to human sera than the currently dominant XBB.1.5 and EG.5.1, indicating that the new subvariant would not have a growth advantage in this regard.