Saumya S. Thomas

Animal and Plant Health Agency — United Kingdom

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Influenza Virus Research Studies(37), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology(27), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology(15), Viral Infections and Vectors(14), Respiratory viral infections research(7)

Publications44 total

Infection of point-of-lay hens to assess the sequential events during H7N7 high-pathogenicity avian influenza emergence at a layer premises
Virology·2025Open Access
Understanding limitations to successful avian influenza virus isolation from wild birds
Journal of Virological Methods·2025Open Access
Pigeons exhibit low susceptibility and poor transmission capacity for H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b high pathogenicity avian influenza virus
Journal of General Virology·2025Open Access
Investigating factors driving shifts in subtype dominance within H5Nx clade 2.3.4.4b high pathogenicity avian influenza viruses
Journal of General Virology·2025Open Access
Infection of point-of-lay hens to assess the sequential events during H7N7 high-pathogenicity avian influenza emergence at a layer premises
2025Open Access
Pigeons exhibit low susceptibility and poor transmission capacity for H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b high pathogenicity avian influenza virus
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Investigating Factors Driving Shifts in Subtype Dominance within H5Nx Clade 2.3.4.4b High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza viruses
2025Open Access
Asymptomatic infection and antibody prevalence to co-occurring avian influenza viruses vary substantially between sympatric seabird species following H5N1 outbreaks
Scientific Reports·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Asymptomatic infection and antibody prevalence to co-occurring avian influenza viruses vary substantially between sympatric seabird species following H5N1 outbreaks
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Evaluating the epizootic and zoonotic threat of an H7N9 low-pathogenicity avian influenza virus (LPAIV) variant associated with enhanced pathogenicity in turkeys
Journal of General Virology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Rapid mortality in captive bush dogs ( <i>Speothos venaticus</i> ) caused by influenza A of avian origin (H5N1) at a wildlife collection in the United Kingdom
Emerging Microbes & Infections·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Repeatability and reproducibility of hunter-harvest sampling for avian influenza virus surveillance in Great Britain
Research in Veterinary Science·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Evaluating the epizootic and zoonotic threat of an H7N9 low pathogenicity avian influenza virus (LPAIV) variant associated with enhanced pathogenicity in turkeys
2024Open Access
Rapid mortality in captive bush dogs ( <i>Speothos venaticus</i> ) caused by influenza A of avian origin (H5N1) at a wildlife collection in the United Kingdom
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Transmission dynamics and pathogenesis differ between pheasants and partridges infected with clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 and H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses
Journal of General Virology·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Genetic Analysis of H5N1 High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus following a Mass Mortality Event in Wild Geese on the Solway Firth
Pathogens·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Transmission dynamics and pathogenesis differ between pheasants and partridges infected with clade 2.3.4.4b H5N8 and H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza viruses
2023Open Access
Different Outcomes of Chicken Infection with UK-Origin H5N1-2020 and H5N8-2020 High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Viruses (Clade 2.3.4.4b)
Viruses·2023· 20 citedOpen Access
Investigating the Genetic Diversity of H5 Avian Influenza Viruses in the United Kingdom from 2020–2022
Microbiology Spectrum·2023· 55 citedOpen Access
Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 high pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) from the 2021/22 epizootic is highly duck adapted and poorly adapted to chickens
Journal of General Virology·2023· 67 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ian H. Brown(30), Marek J. Slomka(29), Ashley C. Banyard(24), Joe James(22), Alejandro Núñez(22), Amanda H. Seekings(18), Sahar Mahmood(18), Sharon M. Brookes(15), Alexander M. P. Byrne(14), Caroline J. Warren(13), Marco Falchieri(10), Scott M. Reid(8), Elizabeth Billington(8), Benjamin C. Mollett(8), Scott M. Reid(8), Samantha Watson(8), Anita Puranik(7), Cecilia Di Genova(6), Rowena Hansen(6), Audra-Lynne Schlachter(6)