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Antoine Gessain

Antoine Gessain

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Immunology

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89
Citations
31397
World Ranking
1107
National Ranking
37

Medicine

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89
Citations
31402
World Ranking
12625
National Ranking
392

Overview

Antoine Gessain is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Epidemiology, Immunology, Virology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics, such as T-cell and Retrovirus Studies, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Poxvirus research and outbreaks, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research, and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Olivier Cassar, Emmanuel Nakouné, Arnaud Fontanet, Pierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi, and Patricia Jeannin, indicating collaborative efforts across related disciplines.

Antoine Gessain has published in a variety of venues, with notable frequent publication sources being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Viruses, Scientific Reports, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Antoine Gessain are:

  • Monkeypox, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Genomic insights into population history and biological adaptation in Oceania, 2021, Nature
  • Genomic history of human monkey pox infections in the Central African Republic between 2001 and 2018, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Clinical and Public Health Implications of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection, 2022, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Nanopore sequencing of a monkeypox virus strain isolated from a pustular lesion in the Central African Republic, 2022, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE-I IN PATIENTS WITH TROPICAL SPASTIC PARAPARESIS

    A Gessain;F Barin;J C Vernant;O Gout

  • Epidemiological Aspects and World Distribution of HTLV-1 Infection

    Antoine Gessain;Antoine Gessain;Olivier Cassar;Olivier Cassar

  • Characterization of Reemerging Chikungunya Virus

    Marion Sourisseau;Clémentine Schilte;Nicoletta Casartelli;Céline Trouillet

  • Biofilm-like extracellular viral assemblies mediate HTLV-1 cell-to-cell transmission at virological synapses

    Ana-Monica Pais-Correia;Martin Sachse;Stéphanie Guadagnini;Valentina Robbiati

  • Meta-Analysis on the Use of Zidovudine and Interferon-Alfa in Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Showing Improved Survival in the Leukemic Subtypes

    Ali Bazarbachi;Yves Plumelle;Juan Carlos Ramos;Patricia Tortevoye

  • Human herpesvirus 8 transmission from mother to child and between siblings in an endemic population

    Sabine Plancoulaine;Sabine Plancoulaine;Laurent Abel;Laurent Abel;Monique van Beveren;David-Alexandre Trégouët

  • Endemic tropical spastic paraparesis associated with human T-lymphotropic virus type I: A clinical and seroepidemiological study of 25 cases

    J. C. Vernant;L. Maurs;A. Gessain;F. Barin

  • Rapid Development of Myelopathy after HTLV-I Infection Acquired by Transfusion during Cardiac Transplantation

    O Gout;M Baulac;A Gessain;F Semah

  • Human Muscle Satellite Cells as Targets of Chikungunya Virus Infection

    Simona Ozden;Michel Huerre;Jean-Pierre Riviere;Lark L. Coffey

  • Low degree of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus type I genetic drift in vivo as a means of monitoring viral transmission and movement of ancient human populations.

    A Gessain;R C Gallo;G Franchini

  • Origins and Genetic Diversity of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers from Western Central Africa

    Paul Verdu;Frederic Austerlitz;Frederic Austerlitz;Frederic Austerlitz;Arnaud Estoup;Renaud Vitalis

  • Discovery of a new human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-3) in Central Africa

    Sara Calattini;Sébastien Alain Chevalier;Renan Duprez;Sylviane Bassot

  • Treatment of Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma with Zidovudine and Interferon Alfa

    Olivier Hermine;Didier Bouscary;Antoine Gessain;Pascal Turlure

  • Protein isoforms encoded by the pX region of human T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type I.

    I J Koralnik;A Gessain;M E Klotman;A Lo Monico

  • Genomic Evolution, Patterns of Global Dissemination, and Interspecies Transmission of Human and Simian T-cell Leukemia/Lymphotropic Viruses

    Jill Pecon Slattery;Genoveffa Franchini;Antoine Gessain

  • Chronic myelopathy associated with human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I).

    Antoine Gessain;Olivier Gout

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of a highly divergent human T-cell leukemia (lymphotropic) virus type I (HTLV-I) variant from melanesia: genetic and phylogenetic relationship to HTLV-I strains from other geographical regions.

    A Gessain;E Boeri;R Yanagihara;R Gallo

  • Phylogenetic associations of human and simian T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type I strains: evidence for interspecies transmission.

    I J Koralnik;E Boeri;W C Saxinger;A L Monico

  • Association between HTLV-1 infection and adverse health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.

    Gill Schierhout;Gill Schierhout;Skye McGregor;Antoine Gessain;Lloyd Einsiedel

  • Maternal Traces of Deep Common Ancestry and Asymmetric Gene Flow Between Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers and Bantu-speaking Farmers

    Lluís Quintana-Murci;Hélène Quach;Christine Harmant;Francesca Luca

  • Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpes-like virus (human herpesvirus type 8) DNA sequences in multicentric Castleman's disease: is there any relevant association in non-human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients?

    A Gessain;A Sudaka;J Brière;N Fouchard

Frequent Co-Authors

Renaud Mahieux
Renaud Mahieux École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Olivier Hermine
Olivier Hermine Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Laurent Abel
Laurent Abel Université Paris Cité
Jean-Claude Manuguerra
Jean-Claude Manuguerra Institut Pasteur
Ali Bazarbachi
Ali Bazarbachi American University of Beirut
Michel Huerre
Michel Huerre Institut Pasteur
Genoveffa Franchini
Genoveffa Franchini National Institutes of Health
Edward L. Murphy
Edward L. Murphy University of California, San Francisco
Jean-Laurent Casanova
Jean-Laurent Casanova The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lluis Quintana-Murci
Lluis Quintana-Murci Institut Pasteur

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