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Overview

Houssam Attoui is a researcher affiliated with The Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom. Their academic work is primarily situated in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Infectious Diseases, Agronomy and Crop Science, Parasitology, and Plant Science.

The main topics of their research cover Vector-Borne Animal Diseases, Viral Infections and Vectors, and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology. Additional areas of study include Vector-borne infectious diseases, Plant Virus Research Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research.

Attoui's publications have appeared frequently in several scientific journals. Notable publication venues include:

  • Viruses
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pathogens
  • Journal of General Virology
  • Scientific Reports

Their recent papers exemplify their research interests and range across topics related to virology and vector-borne diseases. Recent publications include:

  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Sedoreoviridae 2022 (2022), Journal of General Virology
  • ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Spinareoviridae 2022 (2022), Journal of General Virology
  • Evaluation of two artificial infection methods of live ticks as tools for studying interactions between tick-borne viruses and their tick vectors (2022), Scientific Reports
  • How relevant are in vitro culture models for study of tick-pathogen interactions? (2021), Pathogens and Global Health
  • Serological Cross-Reactions between Expressed VP2 Proteins from Different Bluetongue Virus Serotypes (2021), Viruses

Collaboration is a significant part of Attoui's research, with frequent co-authors including Fauziah Mohd Jaafar, Peter Mertens, Baptiste Monsion, Lesley Bell-Sakyi, and Sara Moutailler.

Best Publications

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • Tick-borne virus diseases of human interest in Europe.

    R.N. Charrel;H. Attoui;A.M. Butenko;J.C. Clegg

  • Sequences of flavivirus-related RNA viruses persist in DNA form integrated in the genome of Aedes spp. mosquitoes.

    Sandrine Crochu;Shelley Cook;Houssam Attoui;Remi N. Charrel

  • Common evolutionary origin of aquareoviruses and orthoreoviruses revealed by genome characterization of Golden shiner reovirus, Grass carp reovirus, Striped bass reovirus and golden ide reovirus (genus Aquareovirus, family Reoviridae)

    Houssam Attoui;Qin Fang;Fauziah Mohd Jaafar;Jean-François Cantaloube

  • Analysis and phylogenetic comparisons of full-length VP2 genes of the 24 bluetongue virus serotypes.

    S. Maan;N. S. Maan;A. R. Samuel;S. Rao

  • Part II: The Viruses – the double stranded RNA viruses - family Reoviridae

    H Attoui;J Becnel;S Belaganahalli;M Bergoin

  • Detection of a fourth orbivirus non-structural protein.

    Mourad Belhouchet;Fauziah Mohd Jaafar;Andrew E. Firth;Jonathan M. Grimes

  • Rapid cDNA synthesis and sequencing techniques for the genetic study of bluetongue and other dsRNA viruses.

    Sushila Maan;Shujing Rao;Narender Singh Maan;Simon John Anthony

  • Complete Genome Characterisation of a Novel 26th Bluetongue Virus Serotype from Kuwait

    Sushila Maan;Narender S. Maan;Kyriaki Nomikou;Eva Veronesi

  • Sequence analysis of bluetongue virus serotype 8 from the Netherlands 2006 and comparison to other European strains

    Sushila Maan;Narender S. Maan;Natalie Ross-smith;Carrie A. Batten

  • Strategies for the sequence determination of viral dsRNA genomes

    Houssam Attoui;Frédérique Billoir;Jean François Cantaloube;Philippe Biagini

  • Complete Coding Sequence of the Alkhurma Virus, a Tick-Borne Flavivirus Causing Severe Hemorrhagic Fever in Humans in Saudi Arabia

    Charrel Rn;Zaki Am;Attoui H;Fakeeh M

  • Complete sequence determination and genetic analysis of Banna virus and Kadipiro virus: proposal for assignment to a new genus (Seadornavirus) within the family Reoviridae.

    H Attoui;F Billoir;P Biagini;P de Micco

  • Genetic and phylogenetic analysis of the outer-coat proteins VP2 and VP5 of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV): comparison of genetic and serological data to characterise the EHDV serogroup.

    S.J. Anthony;S. Maan;N. Maan;L. Kgosana

  • Bluetongue virus replication, molecular and structural biology.

    P P C Mertens;J Diprose;S Maan;K P Singh

  • Isolation and full-length sequence analysis of Armigeres subalbatus totivirus, the first totivirus isolate from mosquitoes representing a proposed novel genus (Artivirus) of the family Totiviridae

    Yougang Zhai;Houssam Attoui;Fauziah Mohd Jaafar;Huan Qin Wang

  • Sequence of genome segments 1, 2, and 3 of the grass carp reovirus (Genus Aquareovirus, family Reoviridae).

    Qin Fang;Houssam Attoui;Jean François Philippe Biagini;Zuoyan Zhu

  • Implicating Culicoides Biting Midges as Vectors of Schmallenberg Virus Using Semi-Quantitative RT-PCR

    Eva Veronesi;Mark Henstock;Simon Gubbins;Carrie Batten

  • Complete characterisation of the American grass carp reovirus genome (genus Aquareovirus: family Reoviridae) reveals an evolutionary link between aquareoviruses and coltiviruses.

    Fauziah Mohd Jaafar;Andrew E. Goodwin;Mourad Belhouchet;Gwenn Merry

  • TT virus infection: prevalence of elevated viraemia and arguments for the immune control of viral load

    Mhammed Touinssi;Pierre Gallian;Philippe Biagini;Houssam Attoui

  • Genetic analysis of full-length genomes and subgenomic sequences of TT virus-like mini virus human isolates.

    Philippe Biagini;Pierre Gallian;Houssam Attoui;Mhammed Touinssi

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