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Florence Damond is affiliated with Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard in France and has contributed extensively to research in the field of medicine, with a focus on infectious diseases, virology, hepatology, epidemiology, and biomedical engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection

Damond's recent papers cover critical aspects of viral infections, diagnostics, and testing methodologies. Some noteworthy publications include:

  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 N-antigen in blood during acute COVID-19 provides a sensitive new marker and new testing alternatives, 2020, Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 in semen, seminal plasma, and spermatozoa pellet of COVID-19 patients in the acute stage of infection, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • Evaluation of three extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assays: A feasible alternative approach with low technical requirements, 2021, Journal of Virological Methods
  • Performance evaluation of two SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM rapid tests (Covid-Presto and NG-Test) and one IgG automated immunoassay (Abbott), 2020, Journal of Clinical Virology
  • Performance of 30 commercial SARS-CoV-2 serology assays in testing symptomatic COVID-19 patients, 2021, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Frequent publication venues for Damond include:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Infection

Damond collaborates regularly with several researchers in the field, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Diane Descamps
  • Quentin Le Hingrat
  • Charlotte Charpentier
  • Valentine Marie Ferré
  • Benoît Visseaux

Their work spans over 60 publications primarily within the domain of medicine. The research places strong emphasis on infectious diseases, particularly with regard to HIV and SARS-CoV-2, and extends into related subfields such as hepatology and biomedical engineering, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to virological and epidemiological challenges.

Best Publications

  • A new human immunodeficiency virus derived from gorillas

    Jean Christophe Plantier;Marie Leoz;Jonathan E. Dickerson;Fabienne De Oliveira

  • Evidence of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus

    Eric D'Ortenzio;Sophie Matheron;Yazdan Yazdanpanah;Xavier de Lamballerie

  • Susceptibility of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 group O isolates to antiretroviral agents: in vitro phenotypic and genotypic analyses.

    D Descamps;G Collin;F Letourneur;C Apetrei

  • Identification of a Highly Divergent HIV Type 2 and Proposal for a Change in HIV Type 2 Classification

    Florence Damond;Michael Worobey;Pauline Campa;Isabelle Farfara

  • Impact of HIV-1 genetic diversity on plasma HIV-1 RNA Quantification: usefulness of the Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le SIDA second-generation long terminal repeat-based real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test.

    François Rouet;Marie-Laure Chaix;Eric Nerrienet;Nicole Ngo-Giang-Huong

  • Evaluation of the Roche Cobas TaqMan and Abbott RealTime extraction-quantification systems for HIV-1 subtypes.

    Marie Gueudin;Jean Christophe Plantier;Véronique Lemée;Marie Paule Schmitt

  • The human immunodeficiency virus type 2 Vpx protein usurps the CUL4A-DDB1 DCAF1 ubiquitin ligase to overcome a postentry block in macrophage infection.

    Anna Bergamaschi;Diana Ayinde;Diana Ayinde;Annie David;Erwann Le Rouzic;Erwann Le Rouzic

  • Naturally occurring decreased susceptibility of HIV-1 subtype G to protease inhibitors.

    Descamps D;Apetrei C;Collin G;Damond F

  • Hiv-2 molecular epidemiology

    Benoit Visseaux;Benoit Visseaux;Florence Damond;Sophie Matheron;Diane Descamps

  • In Vitro Phenotypic Susceptibility of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Clinical Isolates to Protease Inhibitors

    Delphine Desbois;Bénédicte Roquebert;Gilles Peytavin;Florence Damond

  • HIV-2 integrase gene polymorphism and phenotypic susceptibility of HIV-2 clinical isolates to the integrase inhibitors raltegravir and elvitegravir in vitro

    B. Roquebert;B. Roquebert;F. Damond;G. Collin;S. Matheron

  • Factors associated with clinical progression in HIV-2 infected-patients: the French ANRS cohort.

    Sophie Matheron;Sophie Pueyo;Florence Damond;Francois Simon

  • Lack of screening test sensitivity during HIV-1 non-subtype B seroconversions.

    Cristian Apetrei;Ibtissam Loussert-Ajaka;Diane Descamps;Florence Damond

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype F Reverse Transcriptase Sequence and Drug Susceptibility

    Cristian Apetrei;Diane Descamps;Gilles Collin;Ibtisam Loussert-Ajaka

  • Serological and virological characterization of HIV-1 group O infection in Cameroon

    Mauclère P;Loussert-Ajaka I;Damond F;Fagot P

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Plasma Load Discrepancies between the Roche COBAS AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Version 1.5 and the Roche COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS TaqMan HIV-1 Assays

    F. Damond;B. Roquebert;A. Bénard;G. Collin

  • Comparison of viro-immunological marker changes between HIV-1 and HIV-2-infected patients in France

    Julia Drylewicz;Sophie Matheron;Estibaliz Lazaro;Florence Damond

  • Plasma RNA Viral Load in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2 Subtype A and Subtype B Infections

    Florence Damond;Marie Gueudin;Sophie Pueyo;Isabelle Farfara

  • HIV-1 diversity in France, 1996-1998.

    Elisabeth Couturier;Florence Damond;Pierre Roques;Hervé Fleury

  • Synthetic peptide strategy for the detection of and discrimination among highly divergent primate lentiviruses.

    François Simon;Sandrine Souquière;Florence Damond;Anfumbou Kfutwah

  • Variability of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (hiv-2) infecting patients living in france.

    Florence Damond;Cristian Apetrei;David L Robertson;Sandrine Souquière

  • Phylogenetic analysis of 49 newly derived HIV-1 group O strains: High viral diversity but no group M-like subtype structure

    P. Roques;D.L. Robertson;S. Souquière;F. Damond

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophie Matheron
Sophie Matheron Université Paris Cité
Françoise Brun-Vézinet
Françoise Brun-Vézinet Université Paris Cité
François Simon
François Simon Université Paris Cité
Véronique Avettand-Fenoel
Véronique Avettand-Fenoel Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Yazdan Yazdanpanah
Yazdan Yazdanpanah Université Paris Cité
Christine Rouzioux
Christine Rouzioux Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
Jean-Christophe Plantier
Jean-Christophe Plantier University of Rouen
Jean-François Timsit
Jean-François Timsit Université Paris Cité
Geneviève Chêne
Geneviève Chêne University of Bordeaux

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