2026 Georges Diatta: Animal Science and Veterinary Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Animal Science and Veterinary	32	2144	1959	1	1	87	3743

Overview

Georges Diatta is affiliated with the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement in Senegal. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and immunology and microbiology, with a detailed emphasis on infectious diseases and parasitology. Additional areas of their work include public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, and genetics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects centered on infectious agents and disease transmission. These include vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, Bartonella species infections, zoonotic diseases and public health, Yersinia bacterium including plague and ectoparasites, pneumonia and respiratory infections, and respiratory viral infections research.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Georges Diatta include Cheikh Sokhna, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov, Hubert Bassène, and Florence Fenollar. Their joint publications suggest a strong network in tropical medicine and infectious disease research.

Georges Diatta has contributed to numerous research papers published mostly in specialized journals. Among the recent papers are:

Parasitic Infections in African Humans and Non-Human Primates, 2020, Pathogens
Adenovirus Infections in African Humans and Wild Non-Human Primates: Great Diversity and Cross-Species Transmission, 2020, Viruses
Molecular Detection of Microorganisms Associated with Small Mammals and Their Ectoparasites in Mali, 2020, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clones from Wild Chimpanzees and Termites in Senegal, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Tick-borne relapsing fever Borreliosis, a major public health problem overlooked in Senegal, 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

The publication venues where Georges Diatta's work most frequently appears include Pathogens, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New Microbes and New Infections, Journal of Infection and Public Health, and Viruses.

Best Publications

The Recent Evolution of a Maternally-Inherited Endosymbiont of Ticks Led to the Emergence of the Q Fever Pathogen, Coxiella burnetii

Olivier Duron;Valérie Noël;Karen D. Mccoy;Matteo Bonazzi

295
Citations
Coxiella burnetii in humans and ticks in rural Senegal.

Oleg Mediannikov;Florence Fenollar;Cristina Socolovschi;Georges Diatta

261
Citations
Incidence of tick-borne relapsing fever in west Africa: longitudinal study.

Laurence Vial;Georges Diatta;Adama Tall;El Hadj Ba

230
Citations
Rickettsia felis-associated uneruptive fever, Senegal.

Cristina Socolovschi;Oleg Mediannikov;Cheikh Sokhna;Adama Tall

185
Citations
Tick-borne rickettsioses, neglected emerging diseases in rural Senegal.

Oleg Mediannikov;Georges Diatta;Florence Fenollar;Cheikh Sokhna

181
Citations
The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Relapsing Fever Borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a Review of the Ornithodoros erraticus Complex (Acari: Ixodida)

Jean-François Trape;Georges Diatta;Céline Arnathau;Idir Bitam

148
Citations
Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Borreliosis, Rural Senegal

Philippe Parola;Georges Diatta;Cristina Socolovschi;Oleg Mediannikov

144
Citations
Common epidemiology of Rickettsia felis infection and malaria, Africa

Oleg Mediannikov;Cristina Socolovschi;Sophie Edouard;Florence Fenollar

129
Citations
Point-of-Care Laboratory of Pathogen Diagnosis in Rural Senegal

Cheikh Sokhna;Oleg Mediannikov;Oleg Mediannikov;Florence Fenollar;Florence Fenollar;Hubert Bassene;Hubert Bassene

126
Citations
Tropheryma whipplei bacteremia during fever in rural West Africa.

Florence Fenollar;Oleg Mediannikov;Cristina Socolovschi;Hubert Bassene

109
Citations
The spread of tick-borne borreliosis in West Africa and its relationship to sub-Saharan drought.

Jean-Francois Trape;Bruno Godeluck;Georges Diatta;Christophe Rogier

102
Citations
Altitude-dependent Bartonella quintana genotype C in head lice, Ethiopia.

Emmanouil Angelakis;Georges Diatta;Alemseged Abdissa;Jean-François Trape

99
Citations
MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Detection of Pathogens in Vectors: The Borrelia crocidurae/Ornithodoros sonrai Paradigm

Aurélien Fotso Fotso;Oleg Mediannikov;Georges Diatta;Lionel Almeras

85
Citations
Rickettsia africae, Western Africa

Oleg Mediannikov;Jean Francois Trape;Georges Diatta;Philippe Parola

84
Citations
Detection of Acinetobacter baumannii in human head and body lice from Ethiopia and identification of new genotypes

Marie Kempf;Alemseged Abdissa;Georges Diatta;Jean-François Trape

82
Citations
Detection of Bartonella quintana in African body and head lice

Abdoul Karim Sangaré;Amina Boutellis;Rezak Drali;Cristina Socolovschi

78
Citations
Bartonella quintana in head lice from Sénégal.

Amina Boutellis;Aurélie Veracx;Emmanouil Angelakis;Georges Diatta

76
Citations
Plague epidemics and lice, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Renaud Piarroux;Aaron Aruna Abedi;Jean-Christophe Shako;Benoit Kebela

71
Citations
Carbapenem resistance and Acinetobacter baumannii in Senegal: the paradigm of a common phenomenon in natural reservoirs.

Marie Kempf;Jean-Marc Rolain;Georges Diatta;Saïd Azza

71
Citations
Tick-borne rickettsiae in Guinea and Liberia.

Oleg Mediannikov;Georges Diatta;Georges Diatta;Yah Zolia;Mamadou Cellou Balde

57
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University

Jean-François Trape Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Cristina Socolovschi Aix-Marseille University

Bernard Davoust Aix-Marseille University

Florence Fenollar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Michel Drancourt Aix-Marseille University

Anthony Levasseur University of Montreal

Philippe Parola Aix-Marseille University

Christophe Rogier Institut Pasteur

External Links

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