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Department: Infection & Epidemiology
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2025
Flavio Alvarez, Guilherme Dias de Melo, Florence Larrous, Lauriane Kergoat, Batiste Boëda, Vincent Michel, Danielle Seilhean, Magali Tichit, David Hing, David Hardy, Etienne Kornobis, Hervé Bourhy, Nicolas Wolff, Célia Caillet-Saguy,
The SARS-CoV-2 envelope PDZ binding motif acts as a virulence factor disrupting host’s epithelial cell–cell junctions [brief report],
Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters, 2025, 30 (1), pp.80. ⟨10.1186/s11658-025-00758-y⟩.
2025
Adeline Pastuszka, Maria-Vittoria Mazzuoli, Chiara Crestani, Léonie Deborde, Odile Sismeiro, Coralie Lemaire, Vanessa Rong, Myriam Gominet, Elise Jacquemet, Rachel Legendre, Philippe Lanotte, Arnaud Firon,
The virulence regulator CovR boosts CRISPR-Cas9 immunity in Group B Streptococcus,
Nature Communications, 2025, 16 (1), pp.5678. ⟨10.1038/s41467-025-60871-6⟩.
2025
Gaston Bizel-Bizellot, Simon Galmiche, Benoît Lelandais, Tiffany Charmet, Laurent Coudeville, Arnaud Fontanet, Christophe Zimmer,
Extracting circumstances of Covid-19 transmission from free text with large language models,
Nature Communications, 2025, 16 (1), pp.5836. ⟨10.1038/s41467-025-60762-w⟩.
2025
Vincent Legros, Essia Belarbi, Patricia Jeannin, Virginie Geolier, Beate Kümmerer, David Hardy, Philippe Desprès, Antoine Gessain, Pierre Roques, Pierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi, Valérie Choumet,
Use of Recombinant Chikungunya Virus expressing Nanoluciferase to Identify Chondrocytes as Target Cells in an Immunocompetent Mouse Model,
Journal of Infectious Diseases, In press, pp.jiaf232. ⟨10.1093/infdis/jiaf232⟩.
2025
Ravneet Kaur Sidhu, Guillem Mas Fiol, Pierre Lê-Bury, Christian E Demeure, Emelyne Bougit, Rémi Beau, Charlotte Balière, Aurelia Kwasiborski, Valérie Caro, Jennifer Klunk, Daniel J Salkeld, Ann Carmichael, Nükhet Varlık, Debi Poinar, David J D Earn, Benjamin M Bolker, Jonathan Dushoff, G Brian Golding, Nicolas Rascovan, Olivier Dussurget, Edward C Holmes, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá, Hendrik N Poinar,
Attenuation of virulence in Yersinia pestis across three plague pandemics,
Science, 2025, 388 (6750), pp.eadt3880. ⟨10.1126/science.adt3880⟩.
2025
Nora Zidane, Carla Rodrigues, Valerie Bouchez, Martin Rethoret-Pasty, Virginie Passet, Sylvain Brisse, Chiara Crestani,
Accurate genotyping of three major respiratory bacterial pathogens with ONT R10.4.1 long-read sequencing,
Genome Research, In press, pp.gr.279829.124. ⟨10.1101/gr.279829.124⟩.
2025
Djamel Tahir, Virginie Geolier, Hugo Bruant, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, Adeline Mallet, Marie Varloud, Céline Civat, Yves Girerd-Chambaz, Sandrine Montano, Corinne Pion, Elisabeth Ferquel, Vincent Pavot, Valérie Choumet,
A Lyme disease mRNA vaccine targeting Borrelia burgdorferi OspA induces strong immune responses and prevents transmission in mice,
Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, 2025, 36 (2), pp.102514. ⟨10.1016/j.omtn.2025.102514⟩.
2025
Chiara Crestani, Virginie Passet, Martin Rethoret-Pasty, Nora Zidane, Sylvie Brémont, Edgar Badell, Alexis Criscuolo, Sylvain Brisse,
Microevolution and genomic epidemiology of the diphtheria-causing zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans,
Nature Communications, 2025, 16 (1), pp.4843. ⟨10.1038/s41467-025-60065-0⟩.
2025
Michaël Falguières, Eva Hong, Mélanie Denizon, Aude Terrade, Muhamed-Kheir Eddine Taha, Ala-Eddine Deghmane,
Fluctuations in serogroup B meningococcal vaccine antigens prior to routine MenB vaccination in France,
Communications Medicine, 2025, 5 (1), pp.87. ⟨10.1038/s43856-025-00800-2⟩.
2025
Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana, Mathurin Tejiokem, Niaina Rakotosamimanana, Valérie Donkeng Donfack, Verlaine Bolyse Mbouchong, Mirella Randrianarisoa, Aina Harimanana, Jean Voisin Taguebue, Suzie Tetang Ndiang, Valère Itchy, Annick Robinson, Lovaniaina Ravelomanana, Mbola Rakotomahefa, Dina Ranoharison, Man-Koumba Soumahoro, Brigitte Gicquel, Raymond N'Guessan, Sara Eyangoh, Voahangy Rasolofo, Emery Flavien Akpafi, Marius Irie Bi Irie, Anabelle Bai-Orsot, Jaudel Francis Yuya Septoh, Serge Abogo, Mamy Serge Raherison, Andrianantenaina Rakotoson, Vaomalala Raharimanga, Patrice Piola, Paulo Ranaivomanana, Jean-Marc Collard, Gabrielle Prisca Emmylou Andrianah, Turibio Razafindranaivo, Reziky Tiandraza Mangahasimbola, Kathleen Victoir,
A multicountry evaluation of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of intrathoracic tuberculosis in children using alternative specimens (nasopharyngeal aspirate and stool): A prospective cohort study conducted in Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Cameroon (TB KIDS project),
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2025, 151 (3), pp.107366. ⟨10.1016/j.ijid.2024.107366⟩.
2024
Gauthier Delvallez, Laure Diancourt, Julien Guglielmini, Anne-Laure Michon, Sylvain Brisse, B. Dupuy, Alexis Criscuolo,
Comment on: Co-occurrence of the cephalosporinase cepA and carbapenemase cfiA genes in a Bacteroides fragilis Division II strain: an unexpected finding,
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 6:dkae427. ⟨10.1093/jac/dkae427⟩.
2024
Jill-Léa Ramassamy, Ahidjo Ayouba, Guillaume Thaurignac, Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Patrick Nnuka, Edouard Betsem, Richard Njouom, Eitel Mpoudi Ngole, Jessica Vanhomwegen, Damien Hoinard, Patrick England, Alexandra Journeaux, Caroline Picard, Damien Thomas, Delphine Pannetier, Sylvain Baize, Eric Delaporte, Martine Peeters, Antoine Gessain,
High seroreactivities to orthoebolaviruses in rural Cameroon: a case-control study on non-human primate bites and a cross-sectional survey in rural population,
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2024, pp.jiae399. ⟨10.1093/infdis/jiae399⟩.
2024
Quentin Leclerc, Audrey Duval, Didier Guillemot, Lulla Opatowski, Laura Temime,
Using contact network dynamics to implement efficient interventions against pathogen spread in hospital settings: A modelling study,
PLoS Medicine, 2024, 21 (7), pp.e1004433. ⟨10.1371/journal.pmed.1004433⟩.
2024
Paul Henriot, Elena Buelow, Fabienne Petit, Marie-Cécile Ploy, Christophe Dagot, Lulla Opatowski,
Modeling the impact of urban and hospital eco-exposomes on antibiotic-resistance dynamics in wastewaters,
Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 924, pp.171643. ⟨10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171643⟩.
2024
Gaëlle Lièvre, Jonathan Sicsic, Simon Galmiche, Tiffany Charmet, Arnaud Fontanet, Judith Mueller,
Are the 7C psychological antecedents associated with COVID-19 vaccine behaviours beyond intentions? A cross-sectional study on at-least-one-dose and up-to-date vaccination status, and uptake speed among adults in France,
Vaccine, 2024, S0264-410X (24), pp.00438-9. ⟨10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.024⟩.
2024
Anja Berger, E Badell, Jenny Åhman, Erika Matuschek, Nora Zidane, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Andreas Sing, Sylvain Brisse,
Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans : development of EUCAST methods and generation of data on which to determine breakpoints,
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2024, pp.dkae056. ⟨10.1093/jac/dkae056⟩.
2024
Aleksandra Kovacevic, David Rm Smith, Eve Rahbé, Sophie Novelli, Paul Henriot, Emmanuelle Varon, Robert Cohen, Corinne Levy, Laura Temime, Lulla Opatowski,
Exploring factors shaping antibiotic resistance patterns in Streptococcus pneumoniae during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.,
eLife, 2024, 13, pp.e85701. ⟨10.7554/eLife.85701⟩.
2024
Djamel Tahir, Virginie Geolier, Sophie Dupuis, Nouha Lekouch, Elisabeth Ferquel, Valérie Choumet, Marie Varloud,
Comparative Evaluation of the Efficacy of Two Ectoparasiticides in Preventing the Acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi by Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes ricinus: A Canine Ex Vivo Model,
Microorganisms, 2024, 12 (1), pp.202. ⟨10.3390/microorganisms12010202⟩.
2024
Emeline Perthame, Loïc Chartier, Jean-Claude George, Marie Varloud, Elisabeth Ferquel, Valérie Choumet,
Case presentation and management of Lyme disease patients: a 9-year retrospective analysis in France,
Frontiers in Medicine, 2024, 10, pp.1296486. ⟨10.3389/fmed.2023.1296486⟩.
2024
Sophie Novelli, Lulla Opatowski, Carmelite Manto, Delphine Rahib, Xavier de Lamballerie, Josiane Warszawski, Laurence Meyer, On Behalf of The Epicov Study Group,
Risk Factors for Community and Intrahousehold Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Modeling in a Nationwide French Population-Based Cohort Study, the EpiCoV Study,
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2024, 193 (1), pp.134-148. ⟨10.1093/aje/kwad174⟩.
2024
Hugues Delamare, Julian Euma Ishii-Rousseau, Adya Rao, Mélanie Cresta, Jeanne Perpétue Vincent, Olivier Ségéral, Shevanthi Nayagam, Yusuke Shimakawa,
Proportion of HBV-infected pregnant women eligible for antiviral prophylaxis to prevent vertical transmission: a systematic review and meta-analysis,
JHEP Reports, 2024, 6 (8), pp.101064. ⟨10.1016/j.jhepr.2024.101064⟩.
2023
Josée Dussault, A S Le Duc-Banaszuk, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, S Bruel, Aurélie Gauchet, A.S. Barret, Jonathan Sicsic, N Thilly, Judith E. Mueller,
Effect of school-based HPV vaccine campaigns on inequalities in uptake in France: the PrevHPV trial,
16th European Public Health Conference 2023 Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Nov 2023, Dublin, Ireland. pp.ckad160.398, ⟨10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.398⟩.
2023
Melanie Hennart, Chiara Crestani, Sebastien Bridel, Nathalie Armatys, Sylvie Brémont, Annick Carmi-Leroy, Annie Landier, Virginie Passet, Laure Fonteneau, Sophie Vaux, Julie Toubiana, Edgar Badell, Sylvain Brisse,
A global Corynebacterium diphtheriae genomic framework sheds light on current diphtheria reemergence,
Peer Community Journal, 2023, 3, pp.e76. ⟨10.24072/pcjournal.307⟩.
2023
Rachel Bellone, Pierre Lechat, Laurence Mousson, Valentine Gilbart, Géraldine Piorkowski, Chloé Bohers, Andres Merits, Etienne Kornobis, Julie Reveillaud, Christophe Paupy, Marie Vazeille, Jean-Philippe Martinet, Yoann Madec, Xavier de Lamballerie, Catherine Dauga, Anna-Bella Failloux,
Climate change and vector-borne diseases: a multi-omics approach of temperature-induced changes in the mosquito,
Journal of Travel Medicine, 2023, 30 (4), pp.taad062. ⟨10.1093/jtm/taad062⟩.
2023
Soraya Matczak, Valérie Bouchez, Pauline Leroux, Thibaut Douché, Nils Collinet, Annie Landier, Quentin Giai Gianetto, Sophie Guillot, Julia Chamot-Rooke, Milena Hasan, Mariette Matondo, Sylvain Brisse, Julie Toubiana,
Biological differences between FIM2 and FIM3 fimbriae of Bordetella pertussis: not just the serotype,
Microbes and Infection, 2023, pp.105152. ⟨10.1016/j.micinf.2023.105152⟩.
2023
Gilles C Martin, Margot Denier, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos,
Spiroplasma-induced Uveitis Mimicking Congenital Glaucoma in a Newborn,
Ophthalmology: Journal of The American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2023, 130 (3), pp.255. ⟨10.1016/j.ophtha.2022.06.007⟩.
2022
Camille Besombes, Festus Mbrenga, Laura Schaeffer, Christian Malaka, Ella Gonofio, Jordi Landier, Ulrich Vickos, Xavier Konamna, Benjamin Selekon, Joella Namsenei Dankpea, Cassandre von Platen, Franck Gislain Houndjahoue, Daniel Sylver Ouaïmon, Alexandre Hassanin, Nicolas Berthet, Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Antoine Gessain, Arnaud Fontanet, Emmanuel Nakouné-Yandoko,
National Monkeypox Surveillance, Central African Republic, 2001-2021.,
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022, 28 (12), pp.2435-2445. ⟨10.3201/eid2812.220897⟩.
2022
Anil Kumar, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, Rakshak Kumar, Fabienne Lomprez, Frédéric Fichenick, Dharam Singh, Patrick a D Grimont, Sanjay Kumar,
Rahnella sikkimica sp. nov., a novel cold-tolerant bacterium isolated from the glacier of Sikkim Himalaya with plant growth-promoting properties,
Extremophiles, 2022, 26 (3), pp.35. ⟨10.1007/s00792-022-01283-y⟩.
2022
Zo Andriamanantena, Fanirisoa Randrianarisaona, Maheninasy Rakotondrainipiana, Prisca Andriantsalama, Ravaka Randriamparany, Rindra Randremanana, Frédérique Randrianirina, Sophie Novault, Darragh Duffy, François Huetz, Milena Hasan, Matthieu Schoenhals, Philippe Sansonetti, Pascale Vonaesch, Inès Vigan‑womas, The Afribiota Investigators,
Changes in Systemic Regulatory T Cells, Effector T Cells, and Monocyte Populations Associated With Early-Life Stunting,
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022, 13, pp.864084. ⟨10.3389/fimmu.2022.864084⟩.
2021
Pascale Vonaesch, Serge Ghislain Djorie, Kaleb Jephté Estimé Kandou, Maheninasy Rakotondrainipiana, Laura Schaeffer, Prisca Vega Andriatsalama, Ravaka Randriamparany, Bolmbaye Privat Gondje, Synthia Nigatoloum, Sonia Sandrine Vondo, Aurélie Etienne, Annick Robinson, Francis Allen Hunald, Lisette Raharimalala, Tamara Giles-Vernick, Laura Tondeur, Frédérique Randrianirina, Alexandra Bastaraud, Jean-Chrysostome Gody, Philippe Jean Sansonetti, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana, The Afribiota Investigators,
Factors Associated with Stunted Growth in Children Under Five Years in Antananarivo, Madagascar and Bangui, Central African Republic.,
Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2021, 25 (10), pp.1626-1637. ⟨10.1007/s10995-021-03201-8⟩.
2021
Yusuke Shimakawa, Laura Vernoux, Audrey Gabassi, Séverine Mercier-Delarue, Jeanne Perpétue Vincent, François Simon, Sarah Maylin,
Analytical validation of hepatitis B core‐related antigen (HBcrAg) using dried blood spots (DBS),
Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2021, 28 (5), pp.837-843. ⟨10.1111/jvh.13489⟩.
2021
Azimdine Habib, Lova Andrianonimiadana, Maheninasy Rakotondrainipiana, Prisca Andriantsalama, Ravaka Randriamparany, Rindra Vatosoa Randremanana, Rado Rakotoarison, Inès Vigan‑womas, Armand Rafalimanantsoa, Pascale Vonaesch, Philippe J. Sansonetti, Jean-Marc Collard, The Afribiota Investigators,
High prevalence of intestinal parasite infestations among stunted and control children aged 2 to 5 years old in two neighborhoods of Antananarivo, Madagascar,
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021, 15 (4), pp.e0009333. ⟨10.1371/journal.pntd.0009333⟩.
2021
Raphaël Borie, Valérie Caro, Hilario Nunes, Marianne Kambouchner, Aurélie Cazes, Martine Antoine, Bruno Crestani, Karen Leroy, Christiane Copie-Bergman, Aurelia Kwasiborski, Christophe Hennequin, Mathias Vandenbogaert, Véronique Hourdel, Jacques Cadranel,
No evidence for a pathogen associated with pulmonary MALT lymphoma: a metagenomics investigation,
Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2021, 16 (1), ⟨10.1186/s13027-021-00351-w⟩.
2020
Bénédicte Melot, Sylvaine Bastian, Eric Valade, Nathalie Dournon, Olivier Gorgé, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, Charlotte Idier, Mireille Vernier, Elisabeth Fernandes, Bruno Hoen, Sébastien Breurec, Michel Carles,
Three New Cases of Melioidosis, Guadeloupe, French West Indies,
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, 26 (3), pp.617-619. ⟨10.3201/eid2603.190718⟩.
2020
Alexandre Matet, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, Francois Doz, Pascal Dureau, Nathalie Cassoux,
Ocular Spiroplasma Ixodetis in Newborns, France,
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020, 26 (2), pp.340-344. ⟨10.3201/eid2602.191097⟩.
2019
Laurence Baril, Xavier Vallès, Nils Christian Stenseth, Minoarisoa Rajerison, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá, Christian E. Demeure, Steve Belmain, Holger Scholz, Romain Girod, Joseph Hinnebusch, Inès Vigan-Womas, Eric Bertherat, Arnaud Fontanet, Yazdan Yazadanpanah, Guia Carrara, Jane Lynda Deuve, Eric d'Ortenzio, Jose Oswaldo Cabanillas Angulo, Paul Mead, Peter W Horby,
Can we make human plague history? A call to action,
BMJ Global Health, 2019, 4 (6), pp.e001984. ⟨10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001984⟩.
2019
C Joron, B Roméo, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, C Rames, Y El Samad, F Hamdad,
Dermacoccus Nishinomiyaensis as a Cause of Persistent Paediatric Catheter-Related Bacteraemia,
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2019, 25 (8), pp.1054-1055. ⟨10.1016/j.cmi.2019.02.023⟩.
2019
M. Imran, N. Desmasures, M. Coton, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, F. Irlinger, C. Delbès-Paus, V. Stahl, M. Montel, Jean-Paul Vernoux,
Safety assessment of Gram-negative bacteria associated with traditional French cheeses,
Food Microbiology, 2019, 79, pp.1-10. ⟨10.1016/j.fm.2018.11.001⟩.
2019
Thierry Frank, Alain Farra, Pierre-Alain Rubbo, Jean-Robert Mbecko, Hugues Sanke, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, Jean-Pierre Lombart, Alain Berlioz-Arthaud,
Burkholderia cepacia meningitis in the Central African Republic,
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019, 32, pp.12. ⟨10.11604/pamj.2019.32.12.16552⟩.
2016
Cécile Troupin, Laurent Dacheux, Marion Tanguy, Claude Sabeta, Hervé Blanc, Christiane Bouchier, Marco Vignuzzi, Sebastián Duchene, Edward C Holmes, Hervé Bourhy,
Large-Scale Phylogenomic Analysis Reveals the Complex Evolutionary History of Rabies Virus in Multiple Carnivore Hosts.,
PLoS Pathogens, 2016, 12 (12), pp.e1006041. ⟨10.1371/journal.ppat.1006041.s014⟩.
2015
Mounira Smati, Christia Palacios, Yves Cohen, Frédéric Méchaï, Jacques Tankovic, Anne Le Fleche-Mateos, Bertrand Picard, Frederic Gonzalez,
Carnobacterium divergens Bacteremia in Woman,
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015, 21 (6), pp.1081-1082. ⟨10.3201/eid2106.141799⟩.
2015
Sarah Bonnet, Valérie Choumet, Sébastien Masseglia, Martine Cote, Elisabeth Ferquel, Thomas Lilin, Maud Marsot, Jean-Louis Chapuis, Gwenaël Vourc’h,
Infection of Siberian chipmunks (Tamias sibiricus barberi) with Borrelia sp. reveals a low reservoir competence under experimental conditions.,
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2015, 6 (3), pp.393-400. ⟨10.1016/j.ttbdis.2015.03.008⟩.
2012
Gaillard R,
[Depression and functional cerebral imaging],
Encephale 2012 Dec;38 Suppl 2:S37-40.
2012
Mathias Vandenbogaert, Veronique Hourdel, Olivia Jardin-Mathé, Jean Bigeard, Ludovic Bonhomme, Véronique Legros, Heribert Hirt, Benno Schwikowski, Delphine Pflieger,
Automated Phosphopeptide Identification Using Multiple MS/MS Fragmentation Modes,
Journal of Proteome Research, 2012, 11 (12), pp.5695 - 5703. ⟨10.1021/pr300507j⟩.