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Sylvain Brisse

Sylvain Brisse

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Microbiology

D-Index
99
Citations
35763
World Ranking
436
National Ranking
22

Overview

Sylvain Brisse is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant body of work also in Medicine.

Their subfields of study include Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Biochemistry. The main topics addressed in their work cover a variety of bacterial and infectious disease research areas such as Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines, and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sylvain Brisse are:

  • Rapid Genomic Characterization and Global Surveillance of Klebsiella Using Pathogenwatch (2021), published in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • A large-scale genomic snapshot of Klebsiella spp. isolates in Northern Italy reveals limited transmission between clinical and non-clinical settings (2022), published in Nature Microbiology
  • Population genomics and antimicrobial resistance in Corynebacterium diphtheriae (2020), published in Genome Medicine
  • A Dual Barcoding Approach to Bacterial Strain Nomenclature: Genomic Taxonomy of Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains (2022), published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae carriage in low-income countries: antimicrobial resistance, genomic diversity and risk factors (2020), published in Gut Microbes

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Sylvain Brisse include:

  • Julie Toubiana
  • Carla Rodrigues
  • Virginie Passet
  • Edgar Badell
  • Kathryn E. Holt

Publication venues where Sylvain Brisse has a recurring presence include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 41 publications, Microbiology Spectrum (7 publications), Microbial Genomics (7 publications), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (7 publications), and Clinical Microbiology and Infection (5 publications).

Best Publications

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing of Klebsiella pneumoniae Nosocomial Isolates

    Laure Diancourt;Virginie Passet;Jan Verhoef;Patrick A. D. Grimont

  • Genome Microevolution of Chikungunya Viruses Causing the Indian Ocean Outbreak

    Isabelle Schuffenecker;Isabelle Iteman;Alain Michault;Séverine Murri

  • Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health

    Kathryn E. Holt;Heiman Wertheim;Ruth N. Zadoks;Stephen Baker

  • Guidelines for the validation and application of typing methods for use in bacterial epidemiology

    A. van Belkum;P.T. Tassios;L. Dijkshoorn;S. Haeggman

  • Ancient origin and gene mosaicism of the progenitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    M. Cristina Gutierrez;Sylvain Brisse;Roland Brosch;Michel Fabre

  • The population structure of Acinetobacter baumannii: expanding multiresistant clones from an ancestral susceptible genetic pool.

    Laure Diancourt;Virginie Passet;Alexandr Nemec;Lenie Dijkshoorn

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing as a Replacement for Serotyping in Salmonella enterica

    Mark Achtman;John Wain;John Wain;François Xavier Weill;Satheesh Nair;Satheesh Nair

  • Uncovering Listeria monocytogenes hypervirulence by harnessing its biodiversity

    Mylène M. Maury;Mylène M. Maury;Mylène M. Maury;Yu Huan Tsai;Yu Huan Tsai;Caroline Charlier;Marie Touchon;Marie Touchon

  • Whole genome-based population biology and epidemiological surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes

    Alexandra Moura;Alexis Criscuolo;Hannes Pouseele;Mylène M. Maury

  • A New Perspective on Listeria monocytogenes Evolution

    Marie Ragon;Thierry Wirth;Florian Hollandt;Rachel Lavenir

  • Origin, Spread and Demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

    Thierry Wirth;Falk Hildebrand;Caroline Allix-Béguec;Florian Wölbeling

  • Virulent clones of Klebsiella pneumoniae: identification and evolutionary scenario based on genomic and phenotypic characterization.

    Sylvain Brisse;Cindy Fevre;Virginie Passet;Sylvie Issenhuth-Jeanjean

  • Genomic definition of hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae clonal groups.

    Suzanne Bialek-Davenet;Suzanne Bialek-Davenet;Alexis Criscuolo;Florent Ailloud;Virginie Passet

  • Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States

    Richard W. Truman;Pushpendra Singh;Rahul Sharma;Philippe Busso

  • Evolutionary History of Salmonella Typhi

    Philippe Roumagnac;François-Xavier Weill;Christiane Dolecek;Stephen Baker

  • Phylogenetic and genomic diversity of human bacteremic Escherichia coli strains

    Françoise Jaureguy;Françoise Jaureguy;Luce Landraud;Virginie Passet;Laure Diancourt

  • wzi Gene Sequencing, a Rapid Method for Determination of Capsular Type for Klebsiella Strains

    Sylvain Brisse;Sylvain Brisse;Virginie Passet;Virginie Passet;Anita Björk Haugaard;Anamaria Babosan

  • Identification of six Trypanosoma cruzi phylogenetic lineages by random amplified polymorphic DNA and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.

    Sylvain Brisse;Christian Barnabé;Michel Tibayrenc

  • Genomic analysis of smooth tubercle bacilli provides insights into ancestry and pathoadaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Philip Supply;Michael Marceau;Sophie Mangenot;David Roche;David Roche

  • Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii complex with the proposal of Acinetobacter pittii sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 3) and Acinetobacter nosocomialis sp. nov. (formerly Acinetobacter genomic species 13TU).

    Alexandr Nemec;Lenka Krizova;Martina Maixnerova;Tanny J.K. van der Reijden

  • Diversity of aminoglycoside-resistance genes and their association with class 1 integrons among strains of pan-European Acinetobacter baumannii clones.

    Alexandr Nemec;Lucilla Dolzani;Sylvain Brisse;Peterhans van den Broek

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Lecuit
Marc Lecuit Institut Pasteur
Jan Verhoef
Jan Verhoef Utrecht University
François-Xavier Weill
François-Xavier Weill Institut Pasteur
Patrick A. D. Grimont
Patrick A. D. Grimont Institut Pasteur
Eduardo P. C. Rocha
Eduardo P. C. Rocha Institut Pasteur
Marie Touchon
Marie Touchon Université Paris Cité
Kathryn E. Holt
Kathryn E. Holt London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Michel Tibayrenc
Michel Tibayrenc Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Ad C. Fluit
Ad C. Fluit Utrecht University
Philippe J. Sansonetti
Philippe J. Sansonetti Institut Pasteur

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