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Amadou A. Sall

Amadou A. Sall

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Microbiology

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76
Citations
25563
World Ranking
1397
National Ranking
78

Overview

Amadou A. Sall is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has produced extensive research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work addresses various aspects of infectious diseases, public health, and epidemiology, with significant contributions to the understanding of viral infections and mosquito-borne diseases.

The scientist's main fields of study include Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Modeling and Simulation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their research topics focus on:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases

Amadou A. Sall frequently publishes in venues such as Viruses, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Lancet, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Preprints.org. The scientist has coauthored many papers with peers including Oumar Faye, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Gamou Fall, Cheikh Loucoubar, and Ousmane Faye.

Some notable papers connected to the broader research context include:

  • COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic (2020, The Lancet)
  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Nairoviridae (2020, Journal of General Virology)
  • COVID-19 testing in Africa: lessons learnt (2020, The Lancet Microbe)
  • Integration of genomic sequencing into the response to the Ebola virus outbreak in Nord Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (2021, Nature Medicine)
  • Functioning of the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021, The Lancet)

Best Publications

  • Real-time, portable genome sequencing for Ebola surveillance

    Joshua Quick;Nicholas J. Loman;Sophie Duraffour;Jared T. Simpson;Jared T. Simpson

  • COVID-19: towards controlling of a pandemic.

    Juliet Bedford;Delia Enria;Johan Giesecke;David L Heymann

  • The Brazilian Zika virus strain causes birth defects in experimental models

    Fernanda R. Cugola;Isabella R. Fernandes;Isabella R. Fernandes;Fabiele B. Russo;Beatriz C. Freitas

  • Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20th Century

    Oumar Faye;Caio C. M. Freire;Atila Iamarino;Ousmane Faye

  • Zika virus, French polynesia, South pacific, 2013.

    Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau;Claudine Roche;Anita Teissier;Emilie Robin

  • Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea.

    J van Griensven;T Edwards;X de Lamballerie;MG Semple

  • Genome-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses of Chikungunya Virus Reveal Independent Emergences of Recent Epidemics and Various Evolutionary Rates

    Sara M. Volk;Sara M. Volk;Rubing Chen;Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin;A. Paige Adams

  • Clinical presentation of patients with Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea.

    Elhadj Ibrahima Bah;Marie Claire Lamah;Tom Fletcher;Shevin T. Jacob

  • Quantitative real-time PCR detection of Zika virus and evaluation with field-caught Mosquitoes

    Oumar Faye;Ousmane Faye;Diawo Diallo;Mawlouth Diallo

  • Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

    David L Heymann;David L Heymann;Abraham Hodgson;Amadou Alpha Sall;David O Freedman

  • Zika virus emergence in mosquitoes in southeastern Senegal, 2011.

    Diawo Diallo;Amadou A. Sall;Cheikh T. Diagne;Oumar Faye

  • Phylogenetic relationships of flaviviruses correlate with their epidemiology, disease association and biogeography

    Michael W. Gaunt;Michael W. Gaunt;Amadou A. Sall;Amadou A. Sall;Xavier de Lamballerie;Andrew K. I. Falconar

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019

    Abulikemu Abudurexiti;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Serology testing in the COVID-19 pandemic response.

    Rosanna W Peeling;Catherine J Wedderburn;Catherine J Wedderburn;Patricia J Garcia;Debrah Boeras

  • One-step RT-PCR for detection of Zika virus

    Oumar Faye;Ousmane Faye;Anne Dupressoir;Anne Dupressoir;Manfred Weidmann

  • Chains of transmission and control of Ebola virus disease in Conakry, Guinea, in 2014: an observational study

    Ousmane Faye;Pierre-Yves Boëlle;Pierre-Yves Boëlle;Emmanuel Heleze;Oumar Faye

  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales

    Jens H. Kuhn;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Potential of selected Senegalese Aedes spp. mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to transmit Zika virus.

    Cheikh Tidiane Diagne;Cheikh Tidiane Diagne;Diawo Diallo;Oumar Faye;Yamar Ba

  • Spread of yellow fever virus outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015–16: a modelling study

    Moritz U G Kraemer;Nuno R Faria;Robert C Reiner;Nick Golding;Nick Golding

  • Human Adaptation of Ebola Virus during the West African Outbreak

    Richard A. Urbanowicz;Richard A. Urbanowicz;C. Patrick McClure;C. Patrick McClure;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Anavaj Sakuntabhai;Amadou A. Sall

  • Molecular evolution of Zika virus during its emergence in the 20th century

    O. Faye;C.C.D.M. Freire;J.V. de Oliveira;P.M.D.A. Zanotto

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Weidmann
Manfred Weidmann University of Stirling
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Kathryn A. Hanley
Kathryn A. Hanley New Mexico State University
Edward C. Holmes
Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney
Matthias Niedrig
Matthias Niedrig Robert Koch Institute
Douglas M. Watts
Douglas M. Watts The University of Texas at El Paso
Anavaj Sakuntabhai
Anavaj Sakuntabhai Institut Pasteur
Etienne Simon-Loriere
Etienne Simon-Loriere Institut Pasteur
Alain Kohl
Alain Kohl University of Glasgow
Nikos Vasilakis
Nikos Vasilakis The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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