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Overview

Philippe Parola is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France, with a primary focus on medicine. Their research encompasses several subfields including infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, parasitology, epidemiology, and genetics.

Their work concentrates on specific topics related to vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, and COVID-19 clinical research studies. Other notable research topics include mosquito-borne diseases and control, travel-related health issues, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, and studies involving the Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

Philippe Parola's frequent co-authors include:

  • Didier Raoult
  • Philippe Gautret
  • Jean-Christophe Lagier
  • Matthieu Million
  • Philippe Brouqui

The scientist commonly publishes in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
  • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Insects
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Philippe Parola are:

  • RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial (2020, International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)
  • Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial (2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory))
  • Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study (2020, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
  • Early treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin: A retrospective analysis of 1061 cases in Marseille, France (2020, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)
  • Outcomes of 3,737 COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin and other regimens in Marseille, France: A retrospective analysis (2020, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease)

Best Publications

  • Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial.

    Philippe Gautret;Jean Christophe Lagier;Philippe Parola;Van Thuan Hoang

  • Ticks and tickborne bacterial diseases in humans: an emerging infectious threat

    Philippe Parola;Didier Raoult

  • Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach

    Philippe Parola;Christopher D. Paddock;Cristina Socolovschi;Marcelo B. Labruna

  • Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: Emerging Diseases Challenging Old Concepts

    Philippe Parola;Christopher D. Paddock;Didier Raoult

  • Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study.

    Philippe Gautret;Jean Christophe Lagier;Philippe Parola;Van Thuan Hoang

  • Fleas and flea-borne diseases.

    Idir Bitam;Katharina Dittmar;Philippe Parola;Michael F. Whiting

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis of tick-borne bacterial diseases in Europe

    P. Brouqui;F. Bacellar;G. Baranton;R. J. Birtles

  • Early treatment of COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin: A retrospective analysis of 1061 cases in Marseille, France.

    Matthieu Million;Jean Christophe Lagier;Philippe Gautret;Philippe Colson

  • Novel Chikungunya Virus Variant in Travelers Returning from Indian Ocean Islands

    Philippe Parola;Xavier de Lamballerie;Jacques Jourdan;Clarisse Rovery

  • Tick- and flea-borne rickettsial emerging zoonoses.

    Philippe Parola;Bernard Davoust;Didier Raoult

  • Chikungunya infection: an emerging rheumatism among travelers returned from Indian Ocean islands. Report of 47 cases.

    Fabrice Simon;Philippe Parola;Marc Grandadam;Sabrina Fourcade

  • Detection of ehrlichiae in African ticks by polymerase chain reaction.

    Philippe Parola;Veronique Roux;Jean-Louis Camicas;Issa Baradji

  • Tick-borne bacterial diseases emerging in Europe

    P. Parola;D. Raoult

  • New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1): towards a new pandemia?

    Jean Marc Rolain;Philippe Parola;Giuseppe Cornaglia

  • Warmer weather linked to tick attack and emergence of severe rickettsioses.

    Philippe Parola;Cristina Socolovschi;Luc Jeanjean;Idir Bitam

  • Travel-associated infection presenting in Europe (2008-12): an analysis of EuroTravNet longitudinal, surveillance data, and evaluation of the effect of the pre-travel consultation

    Patricia Schlagenhauf;Leisa Weld;Abraham Goorhuis;Philippe Gautret

  • Rickettsia slovaca and R. raoultii in tick-borne Rickettsioses.

    Philippe Parola;Clarisse Rovery;Jean Marc Rolain;Philippe Brouqui

  • Outcomes of 3,737 COVID-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine/azithromycin and other regimens in Marseille, France: A retrospective analysis.

    Jean-Christophe Lagier;Matthieu Million;Philippe Gautret;Philippe Colson

  • Detection of Ehrlichia spp., Anaplasma spp., Rickettsia spp., and Other Eubacteria in Ticks from the Thai-Myanmar Border and Vietnam

    Philippe Parola;Philippe Parola;Jean-Paul Cornet;Yibayiri Osée Sanogo;R. Scott Miller

  • Rickettsial Infections and Fever, Vientiane, Laos

    Simaly Phongmany;Jean Marc Rolain;Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh;Stuart D. Blacksell

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Raoult
Didier Raoult Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Brouqui
Philippe Brouqui Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Christophe Lagier
Jean-Christophe Lagier Aix-Marseille University
Cristina Socolovschi
Cristina Socolovschi Aix-Marseille University
Philippe Colson
Philippe Colson Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Michel Berenger
Jean-Michel Berenger Institut National d'Etude et Lutte contre la Punaise de lit
Pierre-Edouard Fournier
Pierre-Edouard Fournier Aix-Marseille University
Bernard Davoust
Bernard Davoust Aix-Marseille University
Jean-Marc Rolain
Jean-Marc Rolain Aix-Marseille University
Bernard La Scola
Bernard La Scola Aix-Marseille University

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