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D-Index
43
Citations
7606
World Ranking
5248
National Ranking
323

Florence Damond 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 Florence Damond sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 153 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Florence Damond 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 Florence Damond 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

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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