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Overview

Ali Bouattour is affiliated with Institut Pasteur in France and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research interests concentrate on topics such as Viral Infections and Vectors, Vector-borne infectious diseases, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Malaria Research and Control, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, and Trypanosoma species research and implications.

Key recent publications include:

  • Canine leishmaniosis in Tunisia: Growing prevalence, larger zones of infection, 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • The recently introduced Aedes albopictus in Tunisia has the potential to transmit chikungunya, dengue and Zika viruses, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • High-resolution melting analysis identifies reservoir hosts of zoonotic Leishmania parasites in Tunisia, 2022, Parasites & Vectors
  • First Serological Evidence of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus and Rift Valley Fever Virus in Ruminants in Tunisia, 2021, Pathogens
  • Atelerix algirus, the North African Hedgehog: Suitable Wild Host for Infected Ticks and Fleas and Reservoir of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Tunisia, 2021, Pathogens

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ali Bouattour include:

  • Youmna M'ghirbi
  • Adel Rhim
  • Hajer Aounallah
  • Ghofrane Balti
  • Moufida Derghal

The scientist regularly publishes in a range of journals, with several contributions in Pathogens and PLoS neglected tropical diseases, as well as works appearing in Parasites & Vectors, Parasite, and Toxins.

Best Publications

  • Ticks of domestic animals in Africa: a guide to identification of species

    A.R. Walker;A. Bouattour;J.-L. Camicas;A. Estrada-Pena

  • The known distribution and ecological preferences of the tick subgenus Boophilus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Africa and Latin America

    Agustín Estrada-Peña;A. Bouattour;J. L. Camicas;Alberto Guglielmone

  • Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list.

    Ben J. Mans;Jonathan Featherston;Marija Kvas;Kerry-Anne Pillay

  • The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Relapsing Fever Borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a Review of the Ornithodoros erraticus Complex (Acari: Ixodida)

    Jean-François Trape;Georges Diatta;Céline Arnathau;Idir Bitam

  • Culex pipiens, an Experimental Efficient Vector of West Nile and Rift Valley Fever Viruses in the Maghreb Region

    Fadila Amraoui;Ghazi Krida;Ali Bouattour;Adel Rhim

  • Widespread distribution and high prevalence of an alpha‐proteobacterial symbiont in the tick Ixodes ricinus

    N. Lo;N. Lo;T. Beninati;D. Sassera;E. A. P. Bouman

  • Distribution and ecology of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting livestock in Tunisia: an overview of eighth years field collections.

    A Bouattour;M A Darghouth;A Daoud

  • Detection and Identification of Ehrlichia spp. in Ticks Collected in Tunisia and Morocco

    M'Hammed Sarih;Youmna M'Ghirbi;Ali Bouattour;Lise Gern

  • Reservoir role of lizard Psammodromus algirus in transmission cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Spirochaetaceae) in Tunisia.

    Najla Dsouli;Hend Younsi-kabachii;Danièle Postic;Said Nouira

  • A preliminary study on the attenuation of Tunisian schizont-infected cell lines of Theileria annulata

    M. A. Darghouth;L. Ben Miled;A. Bouattour;T. R. Melrose

  • Clinical, serological, and molecular evidence of ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis in dogs in Tunisia.

    Y. M’Ghirbi;A. Ghorbel;M. Amouri;A. Nebaoui

  • First serological investigation of peste-des-petits-ruminants and Rift Valley fever in Tunisia.

    Emna Ayari-Fakhfakh;Abdeljelil Ghram;Ali Bouattour;Imen Larbi

  • Anaplasma phagocytophilum in horses and ticks in Tunisia

    Youmna M’ghirbi;Hèla Yaïch;Abderazek Ghorbel;Ali Bouattour

  • A molecular survey of Theileria and Babesia parasites in cattle, with a note on the distribution of ticks in Tunisia

    Y. M’ghirbi;A. Hurtado;J. F. Barandika;K. Khlif

  • Cattle infestation by Hyalomma ticks and prevalence of Theileria in H. detritum species in Tunisia

    A. Bouattour;M.A. Darghouth;L.Ben Miled

  • High prevalence of Borrelia lusitaniae in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Tunisia.

    Hend Younsi;Daniele Postic;Guy Baranton;Ali Bouattour

  • Detection and Molecular Characterization of Babesia Canis Vogeli From Naturally Infected Dogs and Rhipicephalus Sanguineus Ticks in Tunisia

    Y. M’ghirbi;A. Bouattour

  • Characterization of Borrelia lusitaniae Isolates Collected in Tunisia and Morocco

    Hend Younsi;M'Hammed Sarih;Fatima Jouda;Edmond Godfroid

  • Anaplasma marginale and A. phagocytophilum in cattle in Tunisia

    Youmna M’ghirbi;Marwa Bèji;Beatriz Oporto;Fatma Khrouf

  • First detection of Babesia occultans in Hyalomma ticks from Tunisia.

    A Ros-García;Y M'Ghirbi;A Bouattour;A Hurtado

  • Reservoir Role of LizardPsammodromus algirusin Transmission Cycle ofBorrelia burgdorferiSensu Lato (Spirochaetaceae) in Tunisia

    Najla Dsouli;Hend Younsi-kabachii;Danièle Postic;Said Nouira

Frequent Co-Authors

Lise Gern
Lise Gern University of Neuchâtel
Ana Hurtado
Ana Hurtado NEIKER, the Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
Anna-Bella Failloux
Anna-Bella Failloux Institut Pasteur
Abdalla A. Latif
Abdalla A. Latif University of KwaZulu-Natal
Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Parola
Philippe Parola Aix-Marseille University
Olivier Sparagano
Olivier Sparagano City University of Hong Kong
Jean-François Trape
Jean-François Trape Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Georges Diatta
Georges Diatta Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Gil Mahé
Gil Mahé University of Montpellier

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