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Anna-Bella Failloux

Anna-Bella Failloux

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Microbiology

D-Index
68
Citations
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World Ranking
2167
National Ranking
126

Overview

Anna-Bella Failloux is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and focuses extensive research on mosquito-borne diseases and related fields. Their academic output spans several interconnected topics including mosquito-borne diseases and control, viral infections and vectors, insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, malaria research and control, dengue and mosquito control research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, and invertebrate immune response mechanisms.

Their publication record includes numerous papers in prominent journals such as PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Viruses, Scientific Reports, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Frontiers in Microbiology. Among recent papers are:

  • "The Role of Temperature in Shaping Mosquito-Borne Viruses Transmission" (2020), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Improved reference genome of the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus" (2020), Genome Biology
  • "Genetic evidence for the origin of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, in the southwestern Indian Ocean" (2020), Molecular Ecology
  • "Vector competence of Aedes albopictus populations for chikungunya virus is shaped by their demographic history" (2020), Communications Biology
  • "A Review: Wolbachia-Based Population Replacement for Mosquito Control Shares Common Points with Genetically Modified Control Approaches" (2020), Pathogens

Anna-Bella Failloux's research spans key fields of study such as Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their subfields of expertise include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Insect Science, Sociology and Political Science, and Molecular Biology.

Frequent collaborators in their research network include Marie Vazeille, Laurence Mousson, Xavier de Lamballerie, Chloé Bohers, and Pei-Shi Yen, reflecting sustained co-authorship and shared research interests.

Regarding published books, Failloux has contributed to works such as Le Moustique, ennemi public n° 1? (2022), published by éditions Quae eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Two Chikungunya isolates from the outbreak of La Reunion (Indian Ocean) exhibit different patterns of infection in the mosquito, Aedes albopictus.

    Marie Vazeille;Sara Moutailler;Daniel Coudrier;Claudine Rousseaux

  • Differential Susceptibilities of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from the Americas to Zika Virus.

    Thais Chouin-Carneiro;Anubis Vega-Rua;Marie Vazeille;André Yebakima

  • Chikungunya virus, southeastern France.

    Marc Grandadam;Valérie Caro;Sébastien Plumet;Jean Michel Thiberge

  • High Level of Vector Competence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from Ten American Countries as a Crucial Factor in the Spread of Chikungunya Virus

    Anubis Vega-Rúa;Karima Zouache;Romain Girod;Anna-Bella Failloux

  • Chikungunya virus and Aedes mosquitoes: saliva is infectious as soon as two days after oral infection.

    Mathieu Dubrulle;Laurence Mousson;Sara Moutailler;Marie Vazeille

  • Wolbachia strain wMel induces cytoplasmic incompatibility and blocks dengue transmission in Aedes albopictus

    Marcus S. C. Blagrove;Camilo Arias-Goeta;Anna-Bella Failloux;Steven P. Sinkins

  • Phylogeography of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.) and Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) based on mitochondrial DNA variations.

    Laurence Mousson;Catherine Dauga;Thomas Garrigues;Francis Schaffner

  • Aedes albopictus, vecteur des virus du chikungunya et de la dengue à la Réunion : biologie et contrôle

    H. Delatte;C. Paupy;J.S. Dehecq;J. Thiria

  • Potential risk of re-emergence of urban transmission of Yellow Fever virus in Brazil facilitated by competent Aedes populations.

    Dinair Couto-Lima;Dinair Couto-Lima;Yoann Madec;Maria Ignez Bersot;Stephanie Silva Campos

  • Potential vectors of Rift Valley fever virus in the Mediterranean region.

    Sara Moutailler;Ghazi Krida;Francis Schaffner;Marie Vazeille

  • The Native Wolbachia Symbionts Limit Transmission of Dengue Virus in Aedes albopictus

    Laurence Mousson;Karima Zouache;Camilo Arias-Goeta;Vincent Raquin

  • Chikungunya virus-vector interactions.

    Lark L. Coffey;Anna Bella Failloux;Scott C. Weaver

  • Aedes aegypti in Brazil: genetically differentiated populations with high susceptibility to dengue and yellow fever viruses

    R Lourenço-de-Oliveira;M Vazeille;A.M.B de Filippis;A.B Failloux

  • High efficiency of temperate Aedes albopictus to transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses in the Southeast of France.

    Anubis Vega-Rua;Karima Zouache;Valerie Caro;Laure Diancourt

  • Three-way interactions between mosquito population, viral strain and temperature underlying chikungunya virus transmission potential.

    Karima Zouache;Albin Fontaine;Anubis Vega-Rua;Anubis Vega-Rua;Laurence Mousson

  • An overview of mosquito vectors of Zika virus

    Sébastien Boyer;Elodie Calvez;Thais Chouin-Carneiro;Diawo Diallo

  • Geographic Genetic Variation in Populations of the Dengue Virus Vector Aedes aegypti

    Anna-Bella Failloux;Marie Vazeille;François Rodhain

  • A Wolbachia wMel transinfection in Aedes albopictus is not detrimental to host fitness and inhibits Chikungunya virus.

    Marcus S. C. Blagrove;Camilo Arias-Goeta;Cristina Di Genua;Anna-Bella Failloux

  • Haemagogus leucocelaenus and Haemagogus janthinomys are the primary vectors in the major yellow fever outbreak in Brazil, 2016-2018.

    Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu;Ieda Pereira Ribeiro;Anielly Ferreira-de-Brito;Alexandre Araujo Cunha dos Santos

  • Antiviral immunity of Anopheles gambiae is highly compartmentalized, with distinct roles for RNA interference and gut microbiota

    Guillaume Carissimo;Emilie Pondeville;Melanie McFarlane;Isabelle Dietrich

  • Large genetic differentiation and low variation in vector competence for dengue and yellow fever viruses of Aedes albopictus from Brazil, the United States, and the Cayman Islands.

    Ricardo Lourenço de Oliveira;Marie Vazeille;Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis;Anna-Bella Failloux

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Sara Moutailler
Sara Moutailler École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort
Xavier de Lamballerie
Xavier de Lamballerie Aix-Marseille University
Alain Kohl
Alain Kohl University of Glasgow
Mariangela Bonizzoni
Mariangela Bonizzoni University of Pavia
Louis Lambrechts
Louis Lambrechts Institut Pasteur
Valérie Caro
Valérie Caro Institut Pasteur
Francis Schaffner
Francis Schaffner University of Zurich
Scott C. Weaver
Scott C. Weaver The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Ali Bouattour
Ali Bouattour Institut Pasteur de Tunis

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