Antoine Gessain

General context : Foamy viruses (FV) are the oldest retroviruses, described as largely nonpathogenic in their natural animal hosts. Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) can be transmitted to humans, where they establish persistent infection akin […]

AFRIPOX : une approche One Health de la variole du singe en République Centrafricaine : Infection humaine, reservoir animal, écologie de la maladie et outils diagnostiques Le monkeypox est un Orthopoxvirus émergent responsable de […]

Le projet EBO-SURSY est financé par l’Union Européenne (UE) à hauteur de 8 millions d’euros. Il a été lancé le 15 janvier 2017 dans 10 pays prioritaires pour une période de 5 ans.   […]

This multi-disciplinary study examines the changing nature and contexts of human contact with great apes and monkeys in equatorial Africa and the health consequences of that contact. Biomedical researchers have scrutinized the nature of […]

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the etiological agent of a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease, HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP). This disease develops upon infiltration of HTLV-1-infected lymphocytes into the central nervous system, […]

A large proportion of the emerging viral pathogens that have affected humans in the last decades are purported to have originated from various animal species. Human infection by simian foamy viruses (SFVs) is a […]

The public health relevance of retroviruses of zoonotic origin is illustrated by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, the worldwide distribution of human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLVs), and the morbidity and mortality associated with both […]

Our main objective is to increase the knowledge regarding the human virome during homeostasis and diseases. We mainly focus on: immunocompromised patients, where new pathogens and new associations between known pathogens and diseases at found at higher frequency than […]