Timeline
Maël Bessaud
Director of Center
08 Sep 2025
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Poliovirus surveillance in Mayotte, Indian Ocean, reveals encephalomyocarditis virus type 1 and a wide diversity of non-polio enteroviruses.
Read more26 Jun 2025
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2024 re-emergence of coxsackievirus A24 variant causing an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in the South West Indian Ocean.
Read more17 Jun 2025
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The use of sialic acids as attachment factors is a common feature of Enterovirus-D species.
Read more22 Apr 2025
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Direct amplification and sequencing of enterovirus genomes from clinical and wastewater samples reveals uncommon virus types in Cameroon
Read more08 Jan 2025
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Molecular characterization of enteroviruses circulating among pigs and goats in two Central African countries, Cameroon and the Central African Republic
Read more07 Nov 2024
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Detection of circulating type 3 vaccine-derived polioviruses in French Guiana, May to August 2024
Read more09 Oct 2024
27 Sep 2024
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Wide circulation of type 1 vaccine-derived poliovirus strains in clinical specimens from suspected cases of poliomyelitis, their contacts and in wastewater in Madagascar since late 2020.
Read more01 Sep 2024
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Assessment of twelve echovirus virus-neutralisation assays in Europe: recommendations for harmonisation of non-polio enterovirus sero-surveillance studies.
Read more01 Aug 2024
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Real-Time Enterovirus D68 Outbreak Detection through Hospital Surveillance of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, Senegal, 2023.
Read more12 Jun 2024
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Characterization of Enteroviruses circulating among Farm Animals and Children in Central African Republic.
Read more01 Mar 2024
08 Jan 2024
01 Jan 2024
01 Jan 2024
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Opening a 60-year time capsule: sequences of historical poliovirus cold variants shed a new light on a contemporary strain.
Read more01 Nov 2023
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Estimating prevalence of Enterovirus D111 in human and non-human primate populations using cross-sectional serology.
Read more01 Nov 2023
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Neutralization of African enterovirus A71 genogroups by antibodies to canonical genogroups.
Read more22 Sep 2023
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Notes from the Field: Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 Emergences Linked to Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine Type 2 Use – Six African Countries, 2021-2023.
Read more08 Sep 2023
22 Aug 2023
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Chronic Aichi Virus Infection As a Cause of Long-Lasting Multiorgan Involvement in Patients With Primary Immune Deficiencies.
Read more01 Jun 2023
23 Feb 2023
08 Nov 2022
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Enterovirus detection in different regions of Madagascar reveals a higher abundance of enteroviruses of species C in areas where several outbreaks of vaccine-derived polioviruses occurred.
Read more17 Aug 2022
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Strengthened surveillance revealed a rapid disappearance of the poliovirus serotype 2 vaccine strain in Madagascar after its removal from the oral polio vaccine.
Read more01 Jul 2022
03 Feb 2022
20 Dec 2021
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Le nouveau vaccin antipoliomyélitique oral : un tournant décisif pour le programme d’éradication ?
Read more17 Nov 2021
event
Département de Virologie : Soutenance de thèse “Émergence virale et mécanismes associés : exemples de la recombinaison non-réplicative chez les entérovirus et de la restriction du SARS-CoV-2 par DAXX” avec Alice MAC KAIN
Read more01 Aug 2021
01 Feb 2021
14 Aug 2020
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Development of a New Internally Controlled One-Step Real-Time RT-PCR for the Molecular Detection of Enterovirus A71 in Africa and Madagascar.
Read more09 Aug 2020
01 Jun 2020
02 Apr 2020
01 Mar 2020
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Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic characterization of a novel bat-associated picornavirus-like virus with an unusual genome organization.
Read more20 Dec 2019
17 Oct 2019
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Genetic and phenotypic characterization of recently discovered enterovirus D type 111
Read more14 Sep 2019
03 Jul 2019
project
ACIP 275 – SURVEV68: Enterovirus 68 investigation in children with acute respiratory infection and acute flaccid myelitis in two Subsaharan african countries
Read more02 Jul 2019
project
PTR 161 – EVinCA&M: Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Enteroviruses in Central Africa and in Madagascar
Read more02 Jul 2019
18 Jun 2019
19 Apr 2019
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Genetic landscape and macro-evolution of co-circulating Coxsackieviruses A and Vaccine-derived Polioviruses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2008-2013
Read more08 Feb 2019
10 Jan 2019
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Metagenomic analysis identifies human adenovirus 31 in children with acute flaccid paralysis in Tunisia
Read more02 Jan 2019
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High permissiveness for genetic exchanges between enteroviruses of species A, including enterovirus 71, favours evolution through intertypic recombination in Madagascar
Read more22 Dec 2018
20 Sep 2018
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Whole Genome Sequencing of Enteroviruses Species A to D by High-Throughput Sequencing: Application for Viral Mixtures
Read more13 Jun 2018
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Coxsackievirus A24 Variant Associated with Acute Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis Cases, French Guiana, 2017
Read more03 Apr 2018
01 Apr 2018
07 Jun 2017
17 May 2017
03 May 2017
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Club viro, spécial Groupe à 5 ans Interactions virus-insectes (département Génomes et génétique)
Read more18 Apr 2017
05 Apr 2017
04 Apr 2017
13 Dec 2016
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Exchanges of genomic domains between poliovirus and other cocirculating species C enteroviruses reveal a high degree of plasticity
Read more05 Aug 2016
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Whole Genome Sequencing of Enterovirus species C Isolates by High-throughput Sequencing: Development of Generic Primers
Read more01 Jul 2016
23 Feb 2016
01 Jan 2016
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A Rapid Method for Engineering Recombinant Polioviruses or Other Enteroviruses
Read more27 Jul 2015
06 Apr 2015
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Dengue seroprevalence in the French West Indies: a prospective study in adult blood donors
Read more31 Jul 2014
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Characterization of Enteroviruses from non-human primates in cameroon revealed virus types widespread in humans along with candidate new types and species
Read more07 Jun 2014
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Widespread circulation of a new echovirus 30 variant causing aseptic meningitis and non-specific viral illness, South-East France, 2013
Read more20 Mar 2014
15 Mar 2014
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Development of generic Taqman PCR and RT-PCR assays for the detection of DNA and mRNA of β-actin-encoding sequences in a wide range of animal species
Read more05 Mar 2014
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Molecular comparison and evolutionary analyses of VP1 nucleotide sequences of new African human enterovirus 71 isolates reveal a wide genetic diversity
Read more24 Feb 2014
01 Dec 2013
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Concomitant human infections with 2 cowpox virus strains in related cases, France, 2011
Read more07 Aug 2013
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The Golgi protein ACBD3, an interactor for poliovirus protein 3A, modulates poliovirus replication
Read more24 May 2013
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Diversity of Phlebotomus perniciosus in Provence, southeastern France: Detection of two putative new phlebovirus sequences
Read more19 Dec 2012
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High frequency and diversity of species C enteroviruses in Cameroon and neighboring countries
Read more22 Aug 2012
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Development of a simple and rapid protocol for the production of customized intertypic recombinant polioviruses
Read more29 Mar 2012
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Common and diverse features of cocirculating type 2 and 3 recombinant vaccine-derived polioviruses isolated from patients with poliomyelitis and healthy children
Read more15 Feb 2012
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Molecular characterization of human enteroviruses in the Central African Republic: uncovering wide diversity and identification of a new human enterovirus A71 genogroup
Read more12 Sep 2011
27 Jul 2009
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Evidence of recombination and genetic diversity in human rhinoviruses in children with acute respiratory infection
Read more05 Jan 2009
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Environmental poliovirus surveillance during oral poliovirus vaccine and inactivated poliovirus vaccine use in Córdoba Province, Argentina
Read more29 Aug 2008
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Development of a Taqman RT-PCR assay for the detection and quantification of negatively stranded RNA of human enteroviruses: evidence for false-priming and improvement by tagged RT-PCR
Read more01 May 2008
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Improvement of the purification of Saint Louis encephalitis virus NS2B-NS3 recombinant protease expressed in Escherichia coli
Read more01 May 2008
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[Polioviruses and species C enteroviruses, viruses of the same species and “tribe”]
Read more01 Apr 2008
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[Genetic evolution of poliovirus: success and difficulties in the eradication of paralytic poliomyelitis]
Read more10 Mar 2008
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Characterization of the genome of human enteroviruses: design of generic primers for amplification and sequencing of different regions of the viral genome
Read more01 Mar 2008
24 Oct 2007
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Expression and biochemical characterization of nsP2 cysteine protease of Chikungunya virus
Read more01 May 2007
01 Jan 2007
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Unexpected altered specificity is responsible for St. Louis encephalitis virus recombinant protease autoproteolysis
Read more02 Dec 2006
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Enzymatic characterization of a trypsin-like serine protease encoded by the genome of cell fusing agent virus
Read more01 Nov 2006
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Mutagenesis analysis of the NS2B determinants of the Alkhurma virus NS2B-NS3 protease activation
Read more01 Oct 2006
01 Aug 2006
28 Feb 2006
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Functional characterization of the NS2B/NS3 protease complex from seven viruses belonging to different groups inside the genus Flavivirus
Read more01 May 2005
01 May 2005
01 Jan 2005
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Identification and enzymatic characterization of NS2B-NS3 protease of Alkhurma virus, a class-4 flavivirus
Read more15 Dec 2004
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Development of a TaqMan RT-PCR assay without RNA extraction step for the detection and quantification of African Chikungunya viruses
Read more01 Oct 2004
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Epidemic resurgence of Chikungunya virus in democratic Republic of the Congo: identification of a new central African strain
Read more01 Jun 2004
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Diversité des virus : une dimension déterminante dans la prise en compte du risque biologique
Read more01 Nov 2003
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Genetic characterization of newly reintroduced dengue virus type 3 in Martinique (French West Indies)
Read more01 Oct 2003
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