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Jean-Jacques Letesson

Jean-Jacques Letesson

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Microbiology

D-Index
66
Citations
12373
World Ranking
2449
National Ranking
57

Overview

Jean-Jacques Letesson is affiliated with the University of Namur in Belgium. Their research primarily focuses on infectious diseases, with a significant emphasis on Brucella diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment.

Their work spans several main fields of study including Medicine and Veterinary, with subfields concentrating on Small Animals, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The main topics covered in their research outputs include:

  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Burkholderia infections and melioidosis
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Infections and bacterial resistance
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

Recent notable publications include:

  • Brucellosis and One Health: Inherited and Future Challenges, 2023, Microorganisms
  • Pathogenicity and Its Implications in Taxonomy: The Brucella and Ochrobactrum Case, 2022, Pathogens
  • If You're Not Confused, You're Not Paying Attention: Ochrobactrum Is Not Brucella, 2023, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Brucellosis in wildlife in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Convergent evolution of zoonotic Brucella species toward the selective use of the pentose phosphate pathway, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Ignacio Moriyón
  • Xavier De Bolle
  • Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa
  • J.M. Blasco
  • Edgardo Moreno

Jean-Jacques Letesson has published in various scientific journals with multiple contributions to venues such as:

  • Microorganisms
  • Pathogens
  • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • The EMBO Journal

Best Publications

  • From the discovery of the Malta fever's agent to the discovery of a marine mammal reservoir, brucellosis has continuously been a re-emerging zoonosis

    Jacques Godfroid;Axel Cloeckaert;Jean-Pierre Liautard;Stephan Kohler

  • The genome sequence of the facultative intracellular pathogen Brucella melitensis

    Vito G. Delvecchio;Vinayak Kapatral;Rajendra J. Redkar;Guy Patra

  • Brucellosis at the animal/ecosystem/human interface at the beginning of the 21st century

    J. Godfroid;H. C. Scholz;T. Barbier;C. Nicolas

  • Identification of Brucella spp. genes involved in intracellular trafficking.

    R.-M. Delrue;M. Martinez-Lorenzo;P. Lestrate;I. Danese

  • Monoclonal Antibodies against Pectin Recognition of a Conformation Induced by Calcium

    Françoise Liners;Jean-Jacques Letesson;C Didembourg;P Van Cutsem

  • A quorum-sensing regulator controls expression of both the type IV secretion system and the flagellar apparatus of Brucella melitensis

    Rose-May Delrue;Chantal Deschamps;Sandrine Leonard;Caroline Nijskens

  • The sheathed flagellum of Brucella melitensis is involved in persistence in a murine model of infection

    D. Fretin;A. Fauconnier;S. Kohler;S. Halling

  • MyD88-Dependent Activation of B220−CD11b+LY-6C+ Dendritic Cells during Brucella melitensis Infection

    Richard Copin;Patrick De Baetselier;Yves Carlier;Jean-Jacques Letesson

  • How to substantiate eradication of bovine brucellosis when aspecific serological reactions occur in the course of brucellosis testing.

    Jacques Godfroid;Claude Saegerman;Vincent Wellemans;Karl Walravens

  • Protection of BALB/c Mice against Brucella abortus 544 Challenge by Vaccination with Bacterioferritin or P39 Recombinant Proteins with CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides as Adjuvant

    Ayman Al-Mariri;Anne Tibor;Pascal Mertens;Xavier De Bolle

  • Brucellosis Vaccines: Assessment of Brucella melitensis Lipopolysaccharide Rough Mutants Defective in Core and O-Polysaccharide Synthesis and Export

    David González;María-Jesús Grilló;María-Jesús De Miguel;Tara Ali

  • Identification of the Perosamine Synthetase Gene of Brucella melitensis 16M and Involvement of Lipopolysaccharide O Side Chain in Brucella Survival in Mice and in Macrophages

    Fabrice Godfroid;Bernard Taminiau;Isabelle Danese;Philippe Denoel

  • The Omp85 protein of Neisseria meningitidis is required for lipid export to the outer membrane

    Stéphanie Genevrois;Liana Steeghs;Paul Roholl;Jean‐Jacques Letesson

  • Correlations between carbon metabolism and virulence in bacteria.

    Sandrine Poncet;Eliane Milohanic;Alain Mazé;Jamila Nait Abdallah

  • BtpB, a novel Brucella TIR-containing effector protein with immune modulatory functions

    Suzana P. Salcedo;Maria Ines Marchesini;Clara Degos;Matthiew Terwagne

  • Morphological and functional asymmetry in α-proteobacteria

    Régis Hallez;Anne-Flore Bellefontaine;Jean-Jacques Letesson;Xavier De Bolle

  • Expression of Lamp-1 and Lamp-2 and their interactions with galectin-3 in human tumor cells

    V. Sarafian;Michel Jadot;Jean-Michel Foidart;J. J. Letesson

  • The stringent response mediator Rsh is required for Brucella melitensis and Brucella suis virulence, and for expression of the type IV secretion system virB

    Marie Dozot;Rose -Anne Boigegrain;Rose -Anne Boigegrain;Rose -May Delrue;Regis Hallez

  • Phenotypic and molecular characterization of a Brucella strain isolated from a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

    Chantal Clavareau;Vincent Wellemans;Karl Walravens;Morten Tryland

  • Identification of a Brucella spp. secreted effector specifically interacting with human small GTPase Rab2

    Marie De Barsy;Alexandre Jamet;Alexandre Jamet;Didier Filopon;Cécile Nicolas

  • Attenuated Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Mutants of Brucella melitensis Identified during the Acute Phase of Infection in Mice

    P. Lestrate;A. Dricot;R.-M. Delrue;C. Lambert

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Godfroid
Jacques Godfroid University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Axel Cloeckaert
Axel Cloeckaert INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Claude Saegerman
Claude Saegerman University of Liège
Ignacio Moriyón
Ignacio Moriyón University of Navarra
Jean-Pierre Gorvel
Jean-Pierre Gorvel Aix-Marseille University
Kris Huygen
Kris Huygen Institut Pasteur
Ruddy Wattiez
Ruddy Wattiez University of Mons
Bernhard Ryffel
Bernhard Ryffel University of Orléans
Ignacio López-Goñi
Ignacio López-Goñi University of Navarra
Emile Van Schaftingen
Emile Van Schaftingen Université Catholique de Louvain

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