| 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 | 1127 | 2008 |
| The evolution of epidemic influenza MI Nelson, EC Holmes Nature reviews genetics 8 (3), 196-205, 2007 | 762 | 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), 439-445, 2011 | 589 | 2011 |
| 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 | 437 | 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 | 388 | 2022 |
| 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 | 364 | 2008 |
| Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: mechanisms and outcomes SM McDonald, MI Nelson, PE Turner, JT Patton Nature Reviews Microbiology 14 (7), 448-460, 2016 | 361 | 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 | 338 | 2016 |
| 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 | 304 | 2015 |
| 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 | 239 | 2006 |
| 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 | 228 | 2012 |
| 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 | 197 | 2007 |
| 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 | 182 | 2011 |
| Global migration of influenza A viruses in swine MI Nelson, C Viboud, AL Vincent, MR Culhane, SE Detmer, ... Nature communications 6 (1), 6696, 2015 | 180 | 2015 |
| 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 | 178 | 2014 |
| The early diversification of influenza A/H1N1pdm M Nelson, D Spiro, D Wentworth, J Fan, E Beck, KS George, E Ghedin, ... PLoS currents 1, 2009 | 170 | 2009 |
| 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 | 164 | 2023 |
| 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 | 161 | 2012 |
| Spatial dynamics of human-origin H1 influenza A virus in North American swine MI Nelson, P Lemey, Y Tan, A Vincent, TTY Lam, S Detmer, C Viboud, ... PLoS pathogens 7 (6), e1002077, 2011 | 161 | 2011 |
| The role of viral introductions in sustaining community-based HIV epidemics in rural Uganda: evidence from spatial clustering, phylogenetics, and egocentric transmission models MK Grabowski, J Lessler, AD Redd, J Kagaayi, O Laeyendecker, ... PLoS medicine 11 (3), e1001610, 2014 | 156 | 2014 |