Publications

tabanids as possible pathogen vectors in senegal (west africa).	species of the tabanidae are potent vectors of human and animal diseases, but they have not been thoroughly investigated to date. in senegal (west africa), little information is available on these dipterans. our objective in this study was to investigate senegalese tabanids and their diversity by using molecular and proteomics approaches, as well as their associated pathogens.	2020	33004069
non-human primate determinants of natural killer cells in tissues at steady-state and during simian immunodeficiency virus infection.	natural killer (nk) cells play essential roles in immunity to viruses and tumors. their function is genetically determined but also modulated by environmental factors. the distribution and functional regulation of these cells vary depending on the tissue. nk cell behavior in lymphoid tissues is so far understudied. non-human primate (nhp) models are essential for the development of therapies and vaccines against human diseases, and access to nhp tissues allows insights into spatial regulations o ...	2020	33013901
no evidence for sylvatic cycles of chikungunya, dengue and zika viruses in african green monkeys (chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) on st. kitts, west indies.	dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses (denv, chikv and zikv) are transmitted in sylvatic transmission cycles between non-human primates and forest (sylvan) mosquitoes in africa and asia. it remains unclear if sylvatic cycles exist or could establish themselves elsewhere and contribute to the epidemiology of these diseases. the caribbean island of st. kitts has a large african green monkey (agm) (chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) population and is therefore ideally suited to investigate sylvatic cycle ...	2020	33126907
in vitro activity of human recombinant alpha-2b interferon against sars-cov-2 virus.	the pandemic spread of a new coronavirus infection, covid-19, has caused a global emergency and attracted the attention of public health professionals and the population of all countries. a significant increase in the number of new cases of sars-cov-2 infection demonstrates the urgency of finding drugs effective against this pathogen.the aim of this work was to evaluate the in vitro antiviral efficacy of human recombinant alpha-2b interferon (ifn-α2b) against sars-cov-2 virus.	2021	33993682
time-course transcriptome analysis of host cell response to poxvirus infection using a dual long-read sequencing approach.	in this study, we applied two long-read sequencing (lrs) approaches, including single-molecule real-time and nanopore-based sequencing methods to investigate the time-lapse transcriptome patterns of host gene expression as a response to vaccinia virus infection. transcriptomes determined using short-read sequencing approaches are incomplete because these platforms are inefficient or fail to distinguish between polycistronic rnas, transcript isoforms, transcriptional start sites, as well as trans ...	2021	34167576