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Overview

Jean-Pierre Allain is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to the subfields of epidemiology, hepatology, infectious diseases, small animal studies, and immunology.

Allain's work centers on topics including hepatitis B virus studies, hepatitis C virus research, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology, brucella diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment, as well as virus-based gene therapy research.

The scientist has published several recent papers, including:

  • Anti-HBc-nonreactive occult hepatitis B infections with HBV genotypes B and C in vaccinated immunocompetent adults, 2022, Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • Evaluation of Reactivity of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Omp25 of Brucella spp., 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • A high infectious simian adenovirus type 23 vector based vaccine efficiently protects common marmosets against Zika virus infection, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Role of core protein mutations in the development of occult HBV infection, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • Hepatitis B Virus-Specific Cellular Immunity Contributes to the Outcome of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent coauthors in Allain's research include Yongshui Fu, Chengyao Li, Bochao Liu, Shengxue Luo, and Tingting Li.

Their publications are often found in journals such as:

  • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Viruses
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Statements from the Taormina expert meeting on occult hepatitis B virus infection.

    Giovanni Raimondo;Jean Pierre Allain;Maurizia R. Brunetto;Marie Annick Buendia

  • Plasma Viremia in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

    Robert W. Coombs;Ann C. Collier;Jean-P. Allain;Beverly Nikora

  • Seropositivity for HIV and the development of AIDS or AIDS related condition: three year follow up of the San Francisco General Hospital cohort.

    Andrew R. Moss;Peter Bacchetti;Dennis Osmond;Walter Krampf

  • PHASE I STUDIES OF 2',3'-DIDEOXYCYTIDINE IN SEVERE HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION AS A SINGLE AGENT AND ALTERNATING WITH ZIDOVUDINE (AZT)

    Robert Yarchoan;Rose V. Thomas;Jean Pierre Allain;Nanette Mcatee

  • In vivo activity against HIV and favorable toxicity profile of 2',3'-dideoxyinosine

    Robert Yarchoan;Hiroaki Mitsuya;Rose V. Thomas;James M. Pluda

  • Update of the statements on biology and clinical impact of occult hepatitis B virus infection

    Giovanni Raimondo;Stephen Locarnini;Teresa Pollicino;Massimo Levrero

  • Long latency precedes overt seroconversion in sexually transmitted human-immunodeficiency-virus infection.

    Annamari Ranki;Annamari Ranki;Minerva Krohn;Minerva Krohn;Jean-Pierre Allain;Genoveffa Franchini

  • Nucleic Acid Testing to Detect HBV Infection in Blood Donors

    Susan L. Stramer;Ulrike Wend;Daniel Candotti;Gregory A. Foster

  • Serological markers in early stages of human immunodeficiency virus infection in haemophiliacs.

    J P Allain;Y Laurian;D A Paul;D Senn

  • Long-term evaluation of HIV antigen and antibodies to p24 and gp41 in patients with hemophilia. Potential clinical importance.

    Jean-Pierre Allain;Yves Laurian;Deborah A. Paul;Francoise Verroust

  • The Global Spread of Hepatitis C Virus 1a and 1b: A Phylodynamic and Phylogeographic Analysis

    Gkikas Magiorkinis;Emmanouil Magiorkinis;Dimitrios Paraskevis;Simon Y. W. Ho

  • Transfusion-transmitted infectious diseases.

    Jean Pierre Allain;Susan L. Stramer;A. B.F. Carneiro-Proietti;M. L. Martins

  • The risk of hepatitis B virus infection by transfusion in Kumasi, Ghana

    Jean-Pierre Allain;Daniel Candotti;Kate Soldan;Francis Sarkodie

  • Identification and Characterization of Persistent Human Erythrovirus Infection in Blood Donor Samples

    Daniel Candotti;Nermin Etiz;Armen Parsyan;Jean-Pierre Allain

  • Frequent recovery and broad genotype 2 diversity characterize hepatitis C virus infection in Ghana, West Africa

    Daniel Candotti;Jillian Temple;Francis Sarkodie;Jean-Pierre Allain

  • Predonation screening of blood donors with rapid tests: implementation and efficacy of a novel approach to blood safety in resource-poor settings.

    Shirley Owusu-Ofori;Jillian Temple;Francis Sarkodie;Margaret Anokwa

  • Protecting the blood supply from emerging pathogens: the role of pathogen inactivation.

    Jean Pierre Allain;Celso Bianco;Morris A. Blajchman;Mark E. Brecher

  • Persistent B19 infection in immunocompetent individuals: implications for transfusion safety

    Jean Jacques Lefrere;Annabelle Servant-Delmas;Daniel Candotti;Martine Mariotti

  • Infectivity of blood products from donors with occult hepatitis B virus infection

    Jean-Pierre Allain;Ivanka Mihaljevic;Maria Isabel Gonzalez-Fraile;Knut Gubbe

  • Dating the origin and dispersal of hepatitis B virus infection in humans and primates.

    Dimitrios Paraskevis;Gkikas Magiorkinis;Gkikas Magiorkinis;Emmanouil Magiorkinis;Simon Y.W. Ho

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond P. Goodrich
Raymond P. Goodrich Colorado State University
Graeme J. M. Alexander
Graeme J. M. Alexander University College London
Henry H. Balfour
Henry H. Balfour University of Minnesota
Susan L. Stramer
Susan L. Stramer American Red Cross
Michael P. Busch
Michael P. Busch University of California, San Francisco
David L. Roberts
David L. Roberts University of Kent
Paul Klenerman
Paul Klenerman University of Oxford
Angelos Hatzakis
Angelos Hatzakis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson University of Sheffield

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