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Astrid Vabret is affiliated with the Université de Caen Normandie in France and specializes in Medicine, with a research focus that spans Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, and General Health Professions. Their work primarily addresses respiratory viral infections and related clinical conditions.

They have contributed extensively to studies on respiratory viral infections, covering topics such as:

  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

Astrid Vabret's recent publications include research on viral infections and their impact on human health. Notable papers are:

  • Effect of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate and Emtricitabine on nasopharyngeal SARS-CoV-2 viral load burden amongst outpatients with COVID-19: A pilot, randomized, open-label phase 2 trial, 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • High Frequency of Viral Co-Detections in Acute Bronchiolitis, 2021, Viruses
  • Fatal Measles Inclusion-Body Encephalitis in Adult with Untreated AIDS, France, 2020, Emerging infectious diseases
  • Human metapneumovirus infection is associated with a substantial morbidity and mortality burden in adult inpatients, 2024, Heliyon
  • Molecular epidemiology of Enteroviruses and Rhinoviruses in patients with acute respiratory infections in Yaounde, Cameroon, 2021, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses

Frequent collaborators in their research include Meriadeg Ar Gouilh, Sandrine Corbet, Hortense Petat, Julia Dina, and Christophe Marguet. Their work often appears in journals such as:

  • Viruses
  • Revue des Maladies Respiratoires
  • Heliyon
  • Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • BMC Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Development of three multiplex RT-PCR assays for the detection of 12 respiratory RNA viruses

    S. Bellau-Pujol;A. Vabret;L. Legrand;J. Dina

  • Coronavirus 229E-related pneumonia in immunocompromised patients.

    Frédéric Pene;Annabelle Merlat;Astrid Vabret;Flore Rozenberg

  • Presence of the new human metapneumovirus in French children with bronchiolitis.

    François Freymouth;Astrid Vabret;Loic Legrand;Nicolas Eterradossi

  • Predictors of Virologic Failure and Resistance in HIV-Infected Patients Treated with Nevirapine- or Efavirenz-Based Antiretroviral Therapy

    Jean-Jacques Parienti;Véronique Massari;Diane Descamps;Astrid Vabret

  • An Outbreak of Coronavirus OC43 Respiratory Infection in Normandy, France

    Astrid Vabret;Thomas Mourez;Stéphanie Gouarin;Joëlle Petitjean

  • Human Coronavirus NL63, France

    Astrid Vabret;Thomas Mourez;Julia Dina;Lia van der Hoek

  • Comparison of multiplex pcr assays and conventional techniques for the diagnostic of respiratory virus infections in children admitted to hospital with an acute respiratory illness

    François Freymuth;Astrid Vabret;Delphine Cuvillon-Nimal;Sandrine Simon

  • Detection of viral, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in exacerbations of asthma in children

    François Freymuth;Astrid Vabret;Jacques Brouard;Fabienne Toutain

  • Detection of the New Human Coronavirus HKU1: A Report of 6 Cases

    Astrid Vabret;Julia Dina;Stéphanie Gouarin;Joëlle Petitjean

  • In Very Young Infants Severity of Acute Bronchiolitis Depends On Carried Viruses

    Christophe Marguet;Marc Lubrano;Marie Gueudin;Pascal Le Roux

  • Respiratory syncytial virus infections in hospitalized infants: association between viral load, virus subgroup, and disease severity.

    Imène Fodha;Astrid Vabret;Leila Ghedira;Hassen Seboui

  • Detection of respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenzavirus 3, adenovirus and rhinovirus sequences in respiratory tract of infants by polymerase chain reaction and hybridization

    François Freymuth;Astrid Vabret;Françoise Galateau-Salle;Janine Ferey

  • Human Respiratory Coronavirus OC43: Genetic Stability and Neuroinvasion

    Julien R. St-Jean;Hélène Jacomy;Marc Desforges;Astrid Vabret

  • Culturing the unculturable: human coronavirus HKU1 infects, replicates, and produces progeny virions in human ciliated airway epithelial cell cultures.

    Krzysztof Pyrc;Amy C. Sims;Ronald Dijkman;Maarten Jebbink

  • A Human Coronavirus Responsible for the Common Cold Massively Kills Dendritic Cells but Not Monocytes

    Mariana Mesel-Lemoine;Jean Millet;Pierre-Olivier Vidalain;Helen Law

  • Real-time PCR quantification of human cytomegalovirus DNA in amniotic fluid samples from mothers with primary infection.

    S. Gouarin;E. Gault;A. Vabret;D. Cointe

  • Detection of respiratory syncytial virus by reverse transcription-PCR and hybridization with a DNA enzyme immunoassay.

    F Freymuth;G Eugene;A Vabret;J Petitjean

  • Human (non-severe acute respiratory syndrome) coronavirus infections in hospitalised children in France

    Astrid Vabret;Julia Dina;Stéphanie Gouarin;Joëlle Petitjean

  • Direct diagnosis of human respiratory coronaviruses 229E and OC43 by the polymerase chain reaction.

    Astrid Vabret;Franck Mouthon;Thomas Mourez;Stephanie Gouarin

  • Detection of Respiratory Syncytial Virus A and B and Parainfluenzavirus 3 Sequences in Respiratory Tracts of Infants by a Single PCR with Primers Targeted to the L-Polymerase Gene and Differential Hybridization

    Geneviève Eugene-Ruellan;François Freymuth;Chokri Bahloul;Hassan Badrane

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Olivier Vidalain
Pierre-Olivier Vidalain Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jacques Izopet
Jacques Izopet Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Jean-Christophe Plantier
Jean-Christophe Plantier University of Rouen
Pierre Lebon
Pierre Lebon Université Paris Cité
Vincent Enouf
Vincent Enouf Institut Pasteur
Noël Tordo
Noël Tordo Institut Pasteur
Arnaud Fontanet
Arnaud Fontanet Institut Pasteur
Stéphane Bonacorsi
Stéphane Bonacorsi Université Paris Cité
Flore Rozenberg
Flore Rozenberg Université Paris Cité

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