| The genomic and epidemiological dynamics of human influenza A virus A Rambaut, OG Pybus, MI Nelson, C Viboud, JK Taubenberger, ... Nature 453 (7195), 615-619, 2008 | 1190 | 2008 |
| The evolution of epidemic influenza MI Nelson, EC Holmes Nature reviews genetics 8 (3), 196-205, 2007 | 796 | 2007 |
| Global influenza seasonality: reconciling patterns across temperate and tropical regions J Tamerius, MI Nelson, SZ Zhou, C Viboud, MA Miller, WJ Alonso Environmental health perspectives 119 (4), 439, 2010 | 647 | 2010 |
| The emergence of sars-cov-2 in europe and north america M Worobey, J Pekar, BB Larsen, MI Nelson, V Hill, JB Joy, A Rambaut, ... Science 370 (6516), 564-570, 2020 | 477 | 2020 |
| SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer VL Hale, PM Dennis, DS McBride, JM Nolting, C Madden, D Huey, ... Nature 602 (7897), 481-486, 2022 | 446 | 2022 |
| Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: mechanisms and outcomes SM McDonald, MI Nelson, PE Turner, JT Patton Nature Reviews Microbiology 14 (7), 448-460, 2016 | 432 | 2016 |
| Origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic in swine in Mexico I Mena, MI Nelson, F Quezada-Monroy, J Dutta, R Cortes-Fernández, ... elife 5, e16777, 2016 | 402 | 2016 |
| Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 influenza A virus since 1918 MI Nelson, C Viboud, L Simonsen, RT Bennett, SB Griesemer, ... PLoS pathogens 4 (2), e1000012, 2008 | 384 | 2008 |
| Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) in marine mammals and seabirds in Peru M Leguia, A Garcia-Glaessner, B Muñoz-Saavedra, D Juarez, P Barrera, ... Nature Communications 14 (1), 5489, 2023 | 381 | 2023 |
| Reverse zoonosis of influenza to swine: new perspectives on the human–animal interface MI Nelson, AL Vincent Trends in microbiology 23 (3), 142-153, 2015 | 351 | 2015 |
| The global H5N1 influenza panzootic in mammals TP Peacock, L Moncla, G Dudas, D VanInsberghe, K Sukhova, ... Nature 637 (8045), 304-313, 2025 | 339 | 2025 |
| Global transmission of influenza viruses from humans to swine MI Nelson, MR Gramer, AL Vincent, EC Holmes Journal of General Virology 93 (10), 2195-2203, 2012 | 252 | 2012 |
| Stochastic processes are key determinants of short-term evolution in influenza a virus MI Nelson, L Simonsen, C Viboud, MA Miller, J Taylor, KS George, ... PLoS pathogens 2 (12), e125, 2006 | 248 | 2006 |
| Phylogenetic analysis reveals the global migration of seasonal influenza A viruses MI Nelson, L Simonsen, C Viboud, MA Miller, EC Holmes PLoS pathogens 3 (9), e131, 2007 | 212 | 2007 |
| Emergence of a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus from a low-pathogenic progenitor I Monne, A Fusaro, MI Nelson, L Bonfanti, P Mulatti, J Hughes, PR Murcia, ... Journal of virology 88 (8), 4375-4388, 2014 | 202 | 2014 |
| Global migration of influenza A viruses in swine MI Nelson, C Viboud, AL Vincent, MR Culhane, SE Detmer, ... Nature communications 6 (1), 6696, 2015 | 196 | 2015 |
| Temporally structured metapopulation dynamics and persistence of influenza A H3N2 virus in humans J Bahl, MI Nelson, KH Chan, R Chen, D Vijaykrishna, RA Halpin, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (48), 19359-19364, 2011 | 194 | 2011 |
| Accommodating individual travel history and unsampled diversity in Bayesian phylogeographic inference of SARS-CoV-2 P Lemey, SL Hong, V Hill, G Baele, C Poletto, V Colizza, Á O’toole, ... Nature communications 11 (1), 5110, 2020 | 175 | 2020 |
| Evolution of novel reassortant A/H3N2 influenza viruses in North American swine and humans, 2009–2011 MI Nelson, AL Vincent, P Kitikoon, EC Holmes, MR Gramer Journal of virology 86 (16), 8872-8878, 2012 | 172 | 2012 |
| The early diversification of influenza A/H1N1pdm M Nelson, D Spiro, D Wentworth, J Fan, E Beck, K St George, E Ghedin, ... PLoS currents 1, RRN1126, 2009 | 169 | 2009 |
