Publications by authors named "C Baliere"
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- Researchers sequenced the complete genome of a rabies virus from a gold panner's cerebellum who died from unknown encephalitis in French Guiana.
- The analysis revealed that this virus is closely related to rabies strains found in vampire bats.
- This finding marks the second recorded case of human rabies in that region.
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- Pneumonic plague (PP) is highly infectious and spreads quickly from person to person, with a significant outbreak occurring in two urban areas of Madagascar (Antananarivo and Toamasina) in 2017.
- The research utilized epidemiological data and genomic analysis of Yersinia pestis to trace the sources of this epidemic, noting that human plague cases emerged from environmental reservoirs more than 20 times between August and November 2017.
- The study revealed that multiple strains of Y. pestis were introduced to urban areas through infected individuals traveling from rural regions, leading to sustained PP transmission, especially in Antananarivo.
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- The whole-genome sequence of the monkeypox virus was successfully obtained using MinION technology during the 2022 epidemic in France.
- The sequencing methods used included amplicon-based sequencing and shotgun metagenomic approaches.
- This research highlights advancements in genomic technology for studying viral outbreaks in clinical specimens.
We report the whole-genome sequences of a monkeypox virus from the skin lesion of a French patient and the corresponding isolated viral strain. Both viral genomic sequences were successfully obtained by applying shotgun metagenomics using the Oxford Nanopore Technologies sequencing approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDengue fever is the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral infection of humans in tropical and subtropical countries. Since 1979, dengue has been reported to be endemic in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), as in many countries in Southeast Asia, with a complex circulation of the four dengue viruses' serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4). By sequencing the complete envelope protein, we explored a panel of samples from five Lao Provinces (Vientiane capital, Luangprabang, Bolikhamxay, Saravane, Attapeu) to enrich knowledge about the co-circulation of DENVs in Lao PDR between 2010 and 2016.
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