College of Veterinary Medicine
Allison Lab
Led by Andrew B Allison · Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine
What we study
The Allison Lab studies how viruses that normally circulate in wild birds and mammals evolve and emerge, and which ecological and evolutionary factors help or block them from jumping into new host species.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Wild animals
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Zoological transmission of encephalomyocarditis virus in the United States: Virus evolution, host ecology, and capsid antigenicity derived from an outbreak
2026 · PLoS Pathogens
Analyzed encephalomyocarditis virus in zoo elephants using genetic and antigenic tests.
- The origins and potential cross-species transmission of paramyxoviruses and other RNA viruses between native snakes and invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades
2026 · Journal of Virology
Studied viruses in mudsnakes and pythons in Florida, finding a reptile paramyxovirus.
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- Viral etiology of orogenital papillomatosis and squamous cell carcinoma in bottlenose dolphins in the southeastern United States
2026 · Virology
Examined viruses in dolphin oral and genital lesions using deep sequencing.
- Detection of lymphoproliferative disease virus in domestic and wild turkeys through RNAscope in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry
2025 · Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
Tested new methods to detect lymphoproliferative disease virus in turkey tissues.
- Current understanding of lymphoproliferative disease virus in wild turkeys
2025 · Wildlife Society Bulletin
Reviewed lymphoproliferative disease virus in wild turkeys, noting its tumor-causing effects.
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