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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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74
Citations
19187
World Ranking
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National Ranking
37

Microbiology

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Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award

Overview

Bruno B Chomel is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on infectious diseases, immunology, microbiology, and parasitology, with significant contributions spanning related fields such as medicine and public health.

Their scholarly work often explores topics including:

  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Bartonella species infections research
  • Rabies epidemiology and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Streptococcal infections and treatments
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Vector-borne animal diseases

Chomel has contributed to multiple research papers published in notable journals. Recent publications include:

  • Climate change and zoonoses: A review of the current status, knowledge gaps, and future trends (2021) in Acta Tropica
  • A molecular survey of vector-borne pathogens and haemoplasmas in owned cats across Italy (2020) in Parasites & Vectors
  • Zoonotic Bartonella species in Eurasian wolves and other free-ranging wild mammals from Italy (2021) in Zoonoses and Public Health
  • Prevalence of Bartonella spp., haemotropic Mycoplasma spp. and others vector-borne pathogens in private-owned dogs and cats, Egypt (2023) in Acta Tropica
  • Genetics of randomly bred cats support the cradle of cat domestication being in the Near East (2022) in Heredity

Their frequent coauthors include Grazia Greco, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, David A. Jaffe, Jane E. Sykes, and Aya Attia Koraney Zarea. Collaborative efforts often span multiple projects and publications.

Chomel's research is commonly published in the following venues:

  • Acta Tropica
  • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Microorganisms
  • Pathogens
  • Parasites & Vectors

The scientist's work contributes to the understanding of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, addressing environmental and public health challenges with a multidisciplinary approach integrating genetics, microbiology, and epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Ticks and tick-borne diseases: a One Health perspective.

    Filipe Dantas-Torres;Filipe Dantas-Torres;Bruno B. Chomel;Domenico Otranto

  • Experimental transmission of Bartonella henselae by the cat flea.

    B B Chomel;R W Kasten;K Floyd-Hawkins;B Chi

  • Wildlife, exotic pets, and emerging zoonoses

    Bruno B Chomel;Albino Belotto;François Xavier Meslin

  • Bartonella Spp. in Pets and Effect on Human Health

    Bruno B Chomel;Henri Jean Boulouis;Soichi Maruyama;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • Factors associated with the rapid emergence of zoonotic Bartonella infections.

    Henri Jean Boulouis;Chao Chin Chang;Jennifer B. Henn;Rickie W. Kasten

  • Bartonella henselae prevalence in domestic cats in California: risk factors and association between bacteremia and antibody titers.

    Bruno B Chomel;R. C. Abbott;R. W. Kasten;K. A. Floyd-Hawkins

  • Vector transmission of Bartonella species with emphasis on the potential for tick transmission.

    S. A. Billeter;M. G. Levy;Bruno B Chomel;E. B. Breitschwerdt

  • Bartonellosis: an emerging infectious disease of zoonotic importance to animals and human beings

    Edward B. Breitschwerdt;Ricardo G. Maggi;Bruno B. Chomel;Michael R. Lappin

  • Ecological fitness and strategies of adaptation of Bartonella species to their hosts and vectors

    Bruno B. Chomel;Henri-Jean Boulouis;Edward B. Breitschwerdt;Rickie W. Kasten

  • Epidemiologic evidence for a causal relation between vaccination and fibrosarcoma tumorigenesis in cats

    Philip H Kass;W. G. BArnes;W. L. Spangler;Bruno B Chomel

  • Bartonellosis, an increasingly recognized zoonosis

    Bruno B Chomel;R. W. Kasten

  • Bacterial Zoonoses Transmitted by Household Pets: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives for Targeted Research and Policy Actions

    P. Damborg;E.M. Broens;B.B. Chomel;S. Guenther

  • Molecular Evidence of Bartonella spp. in Questing Adult Ixodes pacificus Ticks in California

    C. C. Chang;Bruno B Chomel;R. W. Kasten;V. Romano

  • Cat scratch disease and other zoonotic Bartonella infections.

    Bruno B Chomel;Henri Jean Boulouis;Edward B Breitschwerdt

  • Experimental and natural infection with Bartonella henselae in domestic cats

    Rachel C. Abbott;Bruno B. Chomel;Rickie W. Kasten;Kim A. Floyd-Hawkins

  • Role of Hippoboscidae Flies as Potential Vectors of Bartonella spp. Infecting Wild and Domestic Ruminants

    Lénaïg Halos;Taoufik Jamal;Renaud Maillard;Renaud Maillard;Benjamin Girard

  • MOLECULAR, CLINICAL, AND PATHOLOGIC COMPARISON OF TWO DISTINCT STRAINS OF HAEMOBARTONELLA FELIS IN DOMESTIC CATS

    Janet E Foley;Shimon Harrus;Amy Poland;Bruno B Chomel

  • Zoonoses in the bedroom

    Bruno B. Chomel;Ben Sun

  • Bartonella tribocorum sp. nov., a new Bartonella species isolated from the blood of wild rats.

    Rémy Heller;Philippe Riegel;Yves Hansmann;Gilles Delacour

  • Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a Newly Recognized Pathogen Isolated from Three Human Patients from Thailand

    Michael Kosoy;Christina Morway;Kelly W. Sheff;Ying Bai

Frequent Co-Authors

Rickie W. Kasten
Rickie W. Kasten University of California, Davis
Edward B. Breitschwerdt
Edward B. Breitschwerdt North Carolina State University
Philip H. Kass
Philip H. Kass University of California, Davis
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis
Soichi Maruyama
Soichi Maruyama Nihon University
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
Muriel Vayssier-Taussat University of Rennes
Ricardo G. Maggi
Ricardo G. Maggi North Carolina State University
Niels C Pedersen
Niels C Pedersen University of California, Davis
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Lynette A. Hart
Lynette A. Hart University of California, Davis

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