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D-Index
43
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7961
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5232
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322

Faroudy Boufassa publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Faroudy Boufassa sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 138 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Faroudy Boufassa D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Faroudy Boufassa sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Faroudy Boufassa is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and focuses research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology.

Their work spans several subfields, including Virology, Infectious Diseases, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Emergency Medicine.

Main topics covered in their publications include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Frequent co-authors in Faroudy Boufassa's research network are Cécile Goujard, Laurence Meyer, Olivier Lambotte, Véronique Avettand-Fènoël, and Olivier Bouchaud.

Publication venues where they have contributed multiple articles include the Journal of Hepatology, AIDS, and La Revue de Médecine Interne. Additional publications appear in Nature Communications and Frontiers in Immunology.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Faroudy Boufassa include:

  • Low CCR5 expression protects HIV-specific CD4+ T cells of elite controllers from viral entry, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Increased mortality in HIV/HCV-coinfected compared to HCV-monoinfected patients in the DAA era due to non-liver-related death, 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • Divergent adaptive immune responses define two types of long COVID, 2023, Frontiers in Immunology
  • A Pilot Study of the Humoral Response Against the AntiSense Protein (ASP) in HIV-1-Infected Patients, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • In-Depth Characterization of Full-Length Archived Viral Genomes after Nine Years of Posttreatment HIV Control, 2023, Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

  • Post-treatment HIV-1 controllers with a long-term virological remission after the interruption of early initiated antiretroviral therapy ANRS VISCONTI Study.

    Asier Sáez-Cirión;Charline Bacchus;Laurent Hocqueloux;Véronique Avettand-Fenoel

  • HIV controllers exhibit potent CD8 T cell capacity to suppress HIV infection ex vivo and peculiar cytotoxic T lymphocyte activation phenotype.

    Asier Sáez-Cirión;Christine Lacabaratz;Olivier Lambotte;Pierre Versmisse

  • Changes in the risk of death after HIV seroconversion compared with mortality in the general population.

    Krishnan Bhaskaran;Osamah Hamouda;Mette Sannes;Faroudy Boufassa

  • Time from HIV-1 seroconversion to AIDS and death before widespread use of highly-active antiretroviral therapy: a collaborative re-analysis

    A Babiker;S Darby;D De Angelis;D Kwart

  • HIV controllers: a homogeneous group of HIV-1-infected patients with spontaneous control of viral replication.

    Olivier Lambotte;Faroudy Boufassa;Yoann Madec;Ahn Nguyen

  • Heterogeneity in HIV Suppression by CD8 T Cells from HIV Controllers: Association with Gag-Specific CD8 T Cell Responses

    Asier Sáez-Cirión;Martine Sinet;So Youn Shin;Alejandra Urrutia

  • Distinct Genetic Loci Control Plasma HIV-RNA and Cellular HIV-DNA Levels in HIV-1 Infection: The ANRS Genome Wide Association 01 Study

    Cyril Dalmasso;Wassila Carpentier;Laurence Meyer;Christine Rouzioux

  • Prolonged valproic acid treatment does not reduce the size of latent HIV reservoir.

    Nathalie Sagot-Lerolle;Aurelia Lamine;Marie-Laure Chaix;Faroudy Boufassa

  • Preserved Central Memory and Activated Effector Memory CD4+ T-Cell Subsets in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Controllers: an ANRS EP36 Study

    Simon J Potter;Christine Lacabaratz;Olivier Lambotte;Santiago Perez-Patrigeon

  • Long-term Mortality in HIV-Positive Individuals Virally Suppressed for > 3 Years With Incomplete CD4 Recovery

    Frederik N. Engsig;Robert Zangerle;Olga Katsarou;Francois Dabis

  • HIV disease progression despite suppression of viral replication is associated with exhaustion of lymphopoiesis

    Delphine Sauce;Martin Larsen;Solène Fastenackels;Michèle Pauchard

  • Cellular Metabolism Is a Major Determinant of HIV-1 Reservoir Seeding in CD4+ T Cells and Offers an Opportunity to Tackle Infection

    Jose Carlos Valle-Casuso;Mathieu Angin;Stevenn Volant;Caroline Passaes

  • Spread of Hepatitis C Virus among European Injection Drug Users Infected with HIV: A Phylogenetic Analysis

    Liselotte van Asten;Inge Verhaest;Saida Lamzira;Ildefonso Hernandez-Aguado

  • Do gender differences in CD4 cell counts matter

    M Prins;J R Robertson;R P Brettle;I H Aguado

  • Effect of age and exposure group on the onset of AIDS in heterosexual and homosexual HIV-infected patients

    N. Carre;C. Deveau;F. Belanger;Faroudy Boufassa

  • Restriction of HIV-1 replication in macrophages and CD4+ T cells from HIV controllers

    Asier Sáez-Cirión;Chiraz Hamimi;Anna Bergamaschi;Annie David

  • Impact of HIV-1 Subtype on CD4 Count at HIV Seroconversion, Rate of Decline, and Viral Load Set Point in European Seroconverter Cohorts

    Giota Touloumi;Nikos Pantazis;Deenan Pillay;Dimitrios Paraskevis

  • Spontaneous control of viral load and CD4 cell count progression among HIV-1 seroconverters.

    Yoann Madec;Faroudy Boufassa;Kholoud Porter;Laurence Meyer

  • Sexual behavior changes and protease inhibitor therapy

    Maureen Miller;Laurence Meyer;Faroudy Boufassa;Anne Persoz

  • Elevated IP10 levels are associated with immune activation and low CD4⁺ T-cell counts in HIV controller patients.

    Nicolas Noel;Faroudy Boufassa;Camille Lecuroux;Asier Saez-Cirion

  • High Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity Responses Are Correlated with Strong CD8 T Cell Viral Suppressive Activity but Not with B57 Status in HIV-1 Elite Controllers

    Olivier Lambotte;Justin Pollara;Faroudy Boufassa;Christiane Moog

  • HIV controller CD4+ T cells respond to minimal amounts of Gag antigen due to high TCR avidity.

    Benoît Vingert;Santiago Perez-Patrigeon;Patricia Jeannin;Olivier Lambotte;Olivier Lambotte

Frequent Co-Authors

Olivier Lambotte
Olivier Lambotte University of Paris-Saclay
Cécile Goujard
Cécile Goujard University of Paris-Saclay
Christine Rouzioux
Christine Rouzioux Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Laurence Meyer
Laurence Meyer University of Paris-Saclay
Jean-François Delfraissy
Jean-François Delfraissy National Ethical Consultative Committee for Life Sciences and Health
Véronique Avettand-Fenoel
Véronique Avettand-Fenoel Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Laurence Meyer
Laurence Meyer University of Utah
Alain Venet
Alain Venet Grenoble Alpes University
Gianfranco Pancino
Gianfranco Pancino Institut Pasteur
Kholoud Porter
Kholoud Porter University College London

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