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Michel Alary

Michel Alary

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Social Sciences and Humanities

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52
Citations
12510
World Ranking
2414
National Ranking
134

Overview

Michel Alary is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and focuses research efforts primarily within the fields of Medicine and Social Sciences. Their subfields of expertise include Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Sociology and Political Science, Virology, and Immunology.

The main topics of Michel Alary's work encompass HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk; HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions; sex work and related issues; HIV Research and Treatment; as well as extracellular vesicles in disease, Hepatitis B Virus studies, and Hepatitis C virus research.

Recent papers published by Michel Alary include: "Impact of HPV vaccination and cervical screening on cervical cancer elimination: a comparative modelling analysis in 78 low-income and lower-middle-income countries" (2020, The Lancet), "Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021, The Lancet Public Health), "Optimal human papillomavirus vaccination strategies to prevent cervical cancer in low-income and middle-income countries in the context of limited resources: a mathematical modelling analysis" (2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases), "Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis" (2023, The Lancet. Gastroenterology & Hepatology), and "TIGIT is upregulated by HIV-1 infection and marks a highly functional adaptive and mature subset of natural killer cells" (2020, AIDS).

Frequent coauthors in Michel Alary's publications include:

  • Fernand Guédou
  • Luc Béhanzin
  • Souleymane Diabaté
  • Marlène Aza-Gnandji
  • Flore Gangbo

Michel Alary has published multiple works in the following venues:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Drug Policy

Best Publications

  • Heterosexual Risk of HIV-1 Infection Per Sexual Act: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies

    Marie-Claude Boily;Marie-Claude Boily;Marie-Claude Boily;Rebecca F Baggaley;Lei Wang;Benoit Masse

  • Effectiveness of COL-1492, a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel, on HIV-1 transmission in female sex workers: a randomised controlled trial

    Lut Van Damme;Gita Ramjee;Michel Alary;Bea Vuylsteke

  • Impact of HPV vaccination and cervical screening on cervical cancer elimination: a comparative modelling analysis in 78 low-income and lower-middle-income countries.

    Marc Brisson;Marc Brisson;Jane J. Kim;Karen Canfell;Karen Canfell;Karen Canfell;Mélanie Drolet

  • Condom promotion, sexually transmitted diseases treatment, and declining incidence of HIV-1 infection in female Zairian sex workers

    M Laga;M Alary;F Behets;J Goeman

  • Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Jack Stone;Hannah Fraser;Aaron G. Lim;Josephine G. Walker

  • Decline in the prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases among female sex workers in Cotonou, Benin, 1993–1999

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  • Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Chiedozie Arum;Hannah Fraser;Andreea Adelina Artenie;Sandra Bivegete

  • Mycoplasma genitalium: an organism commonly associated with cervicitis among west African sex workers

    Jacques Pepin;Annie-Claude Labbe;Nzambi Khonde;S. Deslandes

  • Role of core and bridging groups in the transmission dynamics of HIV and STIs in Cotonou, Benin, West Africa

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  • Comparison of the prevalence rates of HIV infection between men who have sex with men (MSM) and men in the general population in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Management of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV prevention in men at high risk: targeting clients and non-paying sexual partners of female sex workers in Benin

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  • The impact of HIV epidemic phases on the effectiveness of core group interventions: insights from mathematical models

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  • A dose-response relationship between exposure to a large-scale HIV preventive intervention and consistent condom use with different sexual partners of female sex workers in southern India

    Kathleen N Deering;Marie-Claude Boily;Catherine M Lowndes;Jean Shoveller

  • Sensitivity requirements for the point of care diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in women.

    P Vickerman;C Watts;M Alary;D Mabey

  • High hepatitis C virus prevalence and incidence among Canadian intravenous drug users

    Roy E;Alary M;Morissette C;Leclerc P

  • Determinants of adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1-infected patients in Côte d'Ivoire.

    Souleymane Diabaté;Michel Alary;Constance Kanga Koffi

  • The central role of clients of female sex workers in the dynamics of heterosexual HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa.

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  • PrEP implementation research in Africa: what is new?

    Frances M Cowan;Sinead Delany-Moretlwe;Eduard J Sanders;Eduard J Sanders;Nelly R Mugo;Nelly R Mugo;Nelly R Mugo

  • Interventions among male clients of female sex workers in Benin, West Africa: an essential component of targeted HIV preventive interventions

    Catherine M Lowndes;Michel Alary;Annie-Claude Labbe;Cyriaque Gnintoungbe

  • Prevalence and risk behaviours for HIV infection among inmates of a provincial prison in Quebec City.

    Annie Dufour;Michel Alary;Céline Poulin;Francine Allard

  • Etiology of urethral discharge in West Africa: the role of Mycoplasma genitalium and Trichomonas vaginalis

    Jacques Pépin;François Sobéla;Sylvie Deslandes;Michel Alary

  • Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections among inmates of Quebec provincial prisons

    Céline Poulin;Michel Alary;Gilles Lambert;Gaston Godin

  • Condom use within non-commercial partnerships of female sex workers in southern India

    Kathleen N Deering;Paranita Bhattacharjee;Janet Bradley;Stephen S Moses

  • Assessment of the population-level effectiveness of the Avahan HIV-prevention programme in South India: a preplanned, causal-pathway-based modelling analysis.

    Michael Pickles;Michael Pickles;Marie-Claude Boily;Peter Vickerman;Peter Vickerman;Catherine M Lowndes;Catherine M Lowndes

  • Temporary expatriation is related to HIV-1 infection in rural Senegal.

    Fadel Kane;Michel Alary;Ibra Ndoye;Awa Coll

  • Evaluating large-scale HIV prevention interventions: study design for an integrated mathematical modelling approach

    Marie-Claude Boily;Catherine Lowndes;Peter Vickerman;Lilani Kumaranayake

  • To what extent is the HIV epidemic in southern India driven by commercial sex? A modelling analysis.

    Peter Vickerman;Anna M Foss;Michael Pickles;Kathleen Deering

  • Conditions for widespread heterosexual spread of HIV in the Russian Federation: implications for research, monitoring and prevention

    Catherine M Lowndes;Adrian Renton;Michel Alary;Tim Rhodes

  • Modelling the cost effectiveness of rapid point of care diagnostic tests for the control of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers

    P Vickerman;C Watts;R W Peeling;D Mabey

  • Evaluation of clinical algorithms for the diagnosis of gonococcal and chlamydial infections among men with urethral discharge or dysuria and women with vaginal discharge in Benin.

    M Alary;E Baganizi;A Guèdèmè;F Padonou

  • HIV infection among sex workers in Accra: need to target new recruits entering the trade.

    Comfort Asamoah-Adu;Nzambi Khonde;Margaret Avorkliah;Veronika Bekoe

  • Injection drug use, commercial sex work, and the HIV/STI epidemic in the Russian Federation.

    Catherine M Lowndes;Michel Alary;Lucy Platt

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Moses
Stephen Moses University of Manitoba
Gaston Godin
Gaston Godin Université Laval
Marie-Pierre Gagnon
Marie-Pierre Gagnon Université Laval
Anna Vassall
Anna Vassall London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Jacques Pépin
Jacques Pépin Université de Sherbrooke
François Coutlée
François Coutlée University of Montreal
James B. Mahony
James B. Mahony McMaster University
Stefan Baral
Stefan Baral Johns Hopkins University
Linda-Gail Bekker
Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town
Lori Heise
Lori Heise Johns Hopkins University

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