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Xavier de Lamballerie

Xavier de Lamballerie

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Microbiology

D-Index
105
Citations
40375
World Ranking
314
National Ranking
15

Medicine

D-Index
105
Citations
40718
World Ranking
6771
National Ranking
200

Overview

Xavier de Lamballerie is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France and has made substantial contributions predominantly in the field of Medicine. Their research profile centers on infectious diseases, with significant involvement in the study of viral infections, epidemiology, public health, and molecular biology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to infectious diseases, prominently focusing on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, as well as other viral infections and vectors. Specific areas of research interest include the epidemiological aspects of COVID-19, clinical research studies on COVID-19, and mosquito-borne diseases and control.

Notable recent publications that exemplify their research include:

  • The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade, 2020, Antiviral Research
  • Of chloroquine and COVID-19, 2020, Antiviral Research
  • In vitro screening of a FDA approved chemical library reveals potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 replication, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Hydroxychloroquine use against SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-human primates, 2020, Nature
  • 2020 taxonomic update for phylum Negarnaviricota (Riboviria: Orthornavirae), including the large orders Bunyavirales and Mononegavirales, 2020, Archives of Virology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including:

  • Franck Touret
  • Rémi N. Charrel
  • Antoine Nougaırède
  • Fabrice Carrat
  • Läétitia Ninove

Xavier de Lamballerie has published in various scientific venues, with repeated contributions appearing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Viruses
  • Antiviral Research
  • Nature Communications

The subfields of study associated with their work include infectious diseases, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, modeling and simulation, and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • A Giant Virus in Amoebae

    Bernard La Scola;Stéphane Audic;Catherine Robert;Liang Jungang

  • Evidence of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus

    Eric D'Ortenzio;Sophie Matheron;Yazdan Yazdanpanah;Xavier de Lamballerie

  • Chikungunya in the Americas.

    Isabelle Leparc-Goffart;Antoine Nougairede;Sylvie Cassadou;Christine Prat

  • Of chloroquine and COVID-19.

    Franck Touret;Xavier de Lamballerie

  • Chikungunya fever: epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapy.

    Simon Djamel Thiberville;Nanikaly Moyen;Laurence Dupuis-Maguiraga;Antoine Nougairede

  • Chikungunya disease in nonhuman primates involves long-term viral persistence in macrophages

    Karine Labadie;Thibaut Larcher;Christophe Joubert;Abdelkrim Mannioui

  • Evaluation of Convalescent Plasma for Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea.

    J van Griensven;T Edwards;X de Lamballerie;MG Semple

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Chikungunya Outbreaks — The Globalization of Vectorborne Diseases

    Rémi N. Charrel;Xavier de Lamballerie;Didier Raoult

  • Experimental Treatment with Favipiravir for Ebola Virus Disease (the JIKI Trial): A Historically Controlled, Single-Arm Proof-of-Concept Trial in Guinea.

    Daouda Sissoko;Cedric Laouenan;Elin Folkesson;Abdoul-Bing M’Lebing

  • Emerging arboviruses: Why today?

    Ernest Gould;John Pettersson;John Pettersson;Stephen Higgs;Remi Charrel

  • Ivermectin is a potent inhibitor of flavivirus replication specifically targeting NS3 helicase activity: new prospects for an old drug

    Eloise Mastrangelo;Margherita Pezzullo;Tine De Burghgraeve;Suzanne Kaptein

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

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

  • Structure and functionality in flavivirus NS-proteins: Perspectives for drug design

    Michela Bollati;Karin Alvarez;René Assenberg;Cécile Baronti

  • In vitro screening of a FDA approved chemical library reveals potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 replication.

    Franck Touret;Magali Gilles;Karine Barral;Antoine Nougairède

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

    Fabrice Simon;Philippe Parola;Marc Grandadam;Sabrina Fourcade

  • Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales : update 2019

    Abulikemu Abudurexiti;Scott Adkins;Daniela Alioto;Sergey V. Alkhovsky

  • Chikungunya virus adapts to tiger mosquito via evolutionary convergence: a sign of things to come?

    Xavier de Lamballerie;Eric Leroy;Rémi N Charrel;Konstantin Ttsetsarkin

  • Hydroxychloroquine use against SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-human primates.

    Pauline Maisonnasse;Jérémie Guedj;Vanessa Contreras;Sylvie Behillil;Sylvie Behillil

  • Emergence of Toscana Virus in Europe

    Rémi N. Charrel;Pierre Gallian;José-María Navarro-Marí;Loredana Nicoletti

  • Genetic characterization of tick-borne flaviviruses: new insights into evolution, pathogenetic determinants and taxonomy.

    Gilda Grard;Grégory Moureau;Rémi N. Charrel;Jean-Jacques Lemasson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rémi N. Charrel
Rémi N. Charrel Aix-Marseille University
Paul N. Newton
Paul N. Newton University of Oxford
Ernest A. Gould
Ernest A. Gould Aix-Marseille University
Houssam Attoui
Houssam Attoui The Pirbright Institute
Fabrice Carrat
Fabrice Carrat Sorbonne University
Anna-Bella Failloux
Anna-Bella Failloux Institut Pasteur
Bruno Coutard
Bruno Coutard Aix-Marseille University
Jan Felix Drexler
Jan Felix Drexler Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Anthony R. Fooks
Anthony R. Fooks St George's, University of London
Martino Bolognesi
Martino Bolognesi University of Milan

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