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Louis Lambrechts

Louis Lambrechts

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
11928
World Ranking
16550
National Ranking
695

Overview

Louis Lambrechts is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and conducts research primarily in the fields of medicine and agricultural and biological sciences. Their subfields of study include public health, environmental and occupational health, insect science, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and plant science. Their work spans multiple topics related to vector biology and infectious diseases.

The scientist's main research interests cover:

  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Malaria research and control
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering
  • Chromosomal and genetic variations
  • Insect resistance and genetics

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Stéphanie Dabo, Sarah H. Merkling, Anna B. Crist, Fabien Aubry, and Artem Baidaliuk.

Lambrechts has contributed to several publication venues, with recurring articles published in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • Comptes Rendus Biologies
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Louis Lambrechts are:

  • "Recent African strains of Zika virus display higher transmissibility and fetal pathogenicity than Asian strains" (2021) in Nature Communications
  • "Non-retroviral Endogenous Viral Element Limits Cognate Virus Replication in Aedes aegypti Ovaries" (2020) in Current Biology
  • "Enhanced Zika virus susceptibility of globally invasive Aedes aegypti populations" (2020) in Science
  • "A satellite repeat-derived piRNA controls embryonic development of Aedes" (2020) in Nature
  • "Larval habitat determines the bacterial and fungal microbiota of the mosquito vector Aedes aegypti" (2022) in FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Best Publications

  • Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.

    Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Moritz U. G. Kraemer;Robert C. Reiner;Oliver J. Brady;Jane P. Messina

  • Consequences of the expanding global distribution of Aedes albopictus for dengue virus transmission.

    Louis Lambrechts;Thomas W. Scott;Duane J. Gubler;Duane J. Gubler

  • Impact of daily temperature fluctuations on dengue virus transmission by Aedes aegypti

    Louis Lambrechts;Krijn P. Paaijmans;Thanyalak Fansiri;Lauren B. Carrington

  • Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

    Benjamin J. Matthews;Benjamin J. Matthews;Olga Dudchenko;Olga Dudchenko;Sarah B. Kingan;Sergey Koren

  • Asymptomatic humans transmit dengue virus to mosquitoes

    Veasna Duong;Louis Lambrechts;Richard E. Paul;Sowath Ly

  • Aedes Mosquitoes and Aedes-Borne Arboviruses in Africa: Current and Future Threats.

    David Weetman;Basile Kamgang;Athanase Badolo;Catherine L Moyes

  • Effects of Fluctuating Daily Temperatures at Critical Thermal Extremes on Aedes aegypti Life-History Traits

    Lauren B. Carrington;M. Veronica Armijos;Louis Lambrechts;Christopher M. Barker;Christopher M. Barker

  • Genetic specificity and potential for local adaptation between dengue viruses and mosquito vectors

    Louis Lambrechts;Louis Lambrechts;Christine Chevillon;Rebecca G Albright;Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk

  • Coevolutionary interactions between host and parasite genotypes

    Louis Lambrechts;Simon Fellous;Jacob C. Koella

  • Fluctuations at a low mean temperature accelerate dengue virus transmission by Aedes aegypti.

    Lauren B. Carrington;M. Veronica Armijos;Louis Lambrechts;Thomas W. Scott;Thomas W. Scott

  • Virus-derived DNA drives mosquito vector tolerance to arboviral infection.

    Bertsy Goic;Kenneth A. Stapleford;Lionel Frangeul;Aurélien J. Doucet

  • Host genotype by parasite genotype interactions underlying the resistance of anopheline mosquitoes to Plasmodium falciparum

    Louis Lambrechts;Jean Halbert;Patrick Durand;Louis C Gouagna

  • Carryover effects of larval exposure to different environmental bacteria drive adult trait variation in a mosquito vector

    Laura B. Dickson;Davy Jiolle;Davy Jiolle;Guillaume Minard;Guillaume Minard;Isabelle Moltini-Conclois

  • Three-way interactions between mosquito population, viral strain and temperature underlying chikungunya virus transmission potential.

    Karima Zouache;Albin Fontaine;Anubis Vega-Rua;Anubis Vega-Rua;Laurence Mousson

  • Contributions from the silent majority dominate dengue virus transmission

    Quirine A. ten Bosch;Hannah E. Clapham;Louis Lambrechts;Louis Lambrechts;Veasna Duong

  • Large diurnal temperature fluctuations negatively influence Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) life-history traits.

    Lauren B. Carrington;Stephanie N. Seifert;Neil H. Willits;Louis Lambrechts

  • Mode of transmission and the evolution of arbovirus virulence in mosquito vectors.

    Louis Lambrechts;Thomas W Scott

  • Dicer-2-Dependent Generation of Viral DNA from Defective Genomes of RNA Viruses Modulates Antiviral Immunity in Insects.

    Enzo Z. Poirier;Enzo Z. Poirier;Bertsy Goic;Lorena Tomé-Poderti;Lionel Frangeul

  • Reduction of Aedes aegypti Vector Competence for Dengue Virus under Large Temperature Fluctuations

    Lauren B. Carrington;Stephanie N. Seifert;M. Veronica Armijos;Louis Lambrechts

  • Genetic Drift, Purifying Selection and Vector Genotype Shape Dengue Virus Intra-host Genetic Diversity in Mosquitoes

    Sebastian Lequime;Sebastian Lequime;Sebastian Lequime;Albin Fontaine;Albin Fontaine;Meriadeg Ar Gouilh;Meriadeg Ar Gouilh;Isabelle Moltini-Conclois;Isabelle Moltini-Conclois

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Scott
Thomas W. Scott University of California, Davis
Richard G. Jarman
Richard G. Jarman Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Jacob C. Koella
Jacob C. Koella Imperial College London
Veasna Duong
Veasna Duong Institut Pasteur du Cambodge
J. Spencer Johnston
J. Spencer Johnston Texas A&M University
Anna-Bella Failloux
Anna-Bella Failloux Institut Pasteur
Moritz U G Kraemer
Moritz U G Kraemer University of Oxford
Amadou A. Sall
Amadou A. Sall Institut Pasteur
Etienne Simon-Loriere
Etienne Simon-Loriere Institut Pasteur
Chantal B. F. Vogels
Chantal B. F. Vogels Yale University

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