Georges Snounou

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1 Relapses of Plasmodium vivax infection usually result from activation of heterologous hypnozoites. J Infect Dis 2007 4.35
2 Protection against a malaria challenge by sporozoite inoculation. N Engl J Med 2009 4.03
3 Two nonrecombining sympatric forms of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium ovale occur globally. J Infect Dis 2010 3.21
4 On the cytoadhesion of Plasmodium vivax-infected erythrocytes. J Infect Dis 2010 2.91
5 Spurious amplification of a Plasmodium vivax small-subunit RNA gene by use of primers currently used to detect P. knowlesi. J Clin Microbiol 2009 2.85
6 On the diversity of malaria parasites in African apes and the origin of Plasmodium falciparum from Bonobos. PLoS Pathog 2010 2.60
7 On the pathogenic role of brain-sequestered alphabeta CD8+ T cells in experimental cerebral malaria. J Immunol 2002 2.40
8 Novel point mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase gene of Plasmodium vivax: evidence for sequential selection by drug pressure. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003 2.26
9 Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine compared with quinine in pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: an open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Infect Dis 2010 2.24
10 A reliable ex vivo invasion assay of human reticulocytes by Plasmodium vivax. Blood 2011 2.17
11 Practical PCR genotyping protocols for Plasmodium vivax using Pvcs and Pvmsp1. Malar J 2005 2.15
12 Protective T cell immunity against malaria liver stage after vaccination with live sporozoites under chloroquine treatment. J Immunol 2004 2.12
13 Effective and cheap removal of leukocytes and platelets from Plasmodium vivax infected blood. Malar J 2009 2.08
14 The genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax populations. Trends Parasitol 2003 2.01
15 Plasmodium sporozoites trickle out of the injection site. Cell Microbiol 2007 1.98
16 Invasion of host cells by malaria parasites: a tale of two protein families. Mol Microbiol 2007 1.79
17 A pre-emptive strike against malaria's stealthy hepatic forms. Nat Rev Drug Discov 2009 1.77
18 Plasmodium falciparum msp1, msp2 and glurp allele frequency and diversity in sub-Saharan Africa. Malar J 2011 1.66
19 Molecular characterization of dihydrofolate reductase in relation to antifolate resistance in Plasmodium vivax. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2002 1.62
20 Malaria in pregnant Cameroonian women: the effect of age and gravidity on submicroscopic and mixed-species infections and multiple parasite genotypes. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 1.62
21 Towards an in vitro model of Plasmodium hypnozoites suitable for drug discovery. PLoS One 2011 1.60
22 Vaccination with live Plasmodium yoelii blood stage parasites under chloroquine cover induces cross-stage immunity against malaria liver stage. J Immunol 2008 1.53
23 Molecular genotyping to distinguish between recrudescents and new infections in treatment trials of Plasmodium falciparum malaria conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa: adjustment of parasitological outcomes and assessment of genotyping effectiveness. Trop Med Int Health 2006 1.50
24 A plant-derived morphinan as a novel lead compound active against malaria liver stages. PLoS Med 2006 1.49
25 Environmental influence on the genetic basis of mosquito resistance to malaria parasites. Proc Biol Sci 2006 1.48
26 Population structure analysis of Plasmodium vivax in areas of iran with different malaria endemicity. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006 1.46
27 Pathogenic T cells in cerebral malaria. Int J Parasitol 2006 1.45
28 Rapid species diagnosis for invasive candidiasis using mass spectrometry. PLoS One 2010 1.44
29 Sterile protection against malaria is independent of immune responses to the circumsporozoite protein. PLoS One 2007 1.41
30 High deformability of Plasmodium vivax-infected red blood cells under microfluidic conditions. J Infect Dis 2009 1.40
31 Limited polymorphism in the dihydropteroate synthetase gene (dhps) of Plasmodium vivax isolates from Thailand. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005 1.33
32 Considerations on the use of nucleic acid-based amplification for malaria parasite detection. Malar J 2011 1.32
33 Chloroquine resistant vivax malaria in a pregnant woman on the western border of Thailand. Malar J 2011 1.29
34 Plasmodium falciparum: PCR detection and genotyping of isolates from peripheral, placental, and cord blood of pregnant Malawian women and their infants. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2002 1.28
35 Circumsporozoite protein gene diversity among temperate and tropical Plasmodium vivax isolates from Iran. Trop Med Int Health 2006 1.27
36 MALDI-TOF MS-based drug susceptibility testing of pathogens: the example of Candida albicans and fluconazole. Proteomics 2009 1.26
37 Cryptic Plasmodium falciparum parasites in clinical P. vivax blood samples from Thailand. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2002 1.25
38 Are extensive T cell epitope polymorphisms in the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite antigen, a leading sporozoite vaccine candidate, selected by immune pressure? J Immunol 2005 1.22
39 Temperature shift and host cell contact up-regulate sporozoite expression of Plasmodium falciparum genes involved in hepatocyte infection. PLoS Pathog 2008 1.19
40 The evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax as inferred from mitochondrial genomes: parasite genetic diversity in the Americas. Mol Biol Evol 2013 1.18
41 Timing the origin of human malarias: the lemur puzzle. BMC Evol Biol 2011 1.17
42 Genetic complexity of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes isolated from the peripheral blood of treated Gambian children. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2002 1.15
43 Recombinant human IFN-alpha inhibits cerebral malaria and reduces parasite burden in mice. J Immunol 2007 1.14
44 Multiple genotypes of the merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2 in Plasmodium falciparum infections in a hypoendemic area in Iran. Trop Med Int Health 2005 1.14
45 Inhibitory effect of TNF-α on malaria pre-erythrocytic stage development: influence of host hepatocyte/parasite combinations. PLoS One 2011 1.12
46 Genetic analysis of the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase gene from geographically diverse isolates of Plasmodium malariae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007 1.10
47 Minimal role for the circumsporozoite protein in the induction of sterile immunity by vaccination with live rodent malaria sporozoites. Infect Immun 2010 1.06
48 Transmission of mixed Plasmodium species and Plasmodium falciparum genotypes. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2003 1.03
49 Performance of a histidine-rich protein 2 rapid diagnostic test, Paracheck Pf®, for detection of malaria infections in Ugandan pregnant women. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 1.03
50 The Py235 proteins: glimpses into the versatility of a malaria multigene family. Microbes Infect 2004 1.03
51 Artesunate-dapsone-proguanil treatment of falciparum malaria: genotypic determinants of therapeutic response. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2005 1.02
52 A role for immune responses against non-CS components in the cross-species protection induced by immunization with irradiated malaria sporozoites. PLoS One 2009 1.01
53 A new real-time PCR for the detection of Plasmodium ovale wallikeri. PLoS One 2012 0.97
54 Transmission of Plasmodium vivax in south-western Uganda: report of three cases in pregnant women. PLoS One 2011 0.97
55 Vaccination against malaria with live parasites. Expert Rev Vaccines 2006 0.96
56 Cerebral malaria: in praise of epistemes. Trends Parasitol 2010 0.96
57 Species-specific inhibition of cerebral malaria in mice coinfected with Plasmodium spp. Infect Immun 2005 0.95
58 Resistance and susceptibility to filarial infection with Litomosoides sigmodontis are associated with early differences in parasite development and in localized immune reactions. Infect Immun 2003 0.95
59 Microsatellite genotyping of Plasmodium vivax infections and their relapses in pregnant and non-pregnant patients on the Thai-Myanmar border. Malar J 2013 0.93
60 Haemoproteus syrnii in Strix aluco from France: morphology, stages of sporogony in a hippoboscid fly, molecular characterization and discussion on the identification of Haemoproteus species. Parasite 2013 0.92
61 Human ex vivo studies on asexual Plasmodium vivax: the best way forward. Int J Parasitol 2012 0.92
62 Increased early local immune responses and altered worm development in high-dose infections of mice susceptible to the filaria Litomosoides sigmodontis. Med Microbiol Immunol 2004 0.91
63 The suitability of P. falciparum merozoite surface proteins 1 and 2 as genetic markers for in vivo drug trials in Yemen. PLoS One 2013 0.90
64 Methotrexate is highly potent against pyrimethamine-resistant Plasmodium vivax. J Infect Dis 2010 0.90
65 Molecular genotyping in a malaria treatment trial in Uganda - unexpected high rate of new infections within 2 weeks after treatment. Trop Med Int Health 2007 0.90
66 Genetic marker suitable for identification and genotyping of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and Plasmodium ovale wallikeri. J Clin Microbiol 2013 0.89
67 Self-reactivities to the non-erythroid alpha spectrin correlate with cerebral malaria in Gabonese children. PLoS One 2007 0.88
68 Skin-draining lymph node priming is sufficient to induce sterile immunity against pre-erythrocytic malaria. EMBO Mol Med 2012 0.85
69 Genetic diversity in new members of the reticulocyte binding protein family in Thai Plasmodium vivax isolates. PLoS One 2012 0.85
70 Insights into the P. y. yoelii hepatic stage transcriptome reveal complex transcriptional patterns. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2005 0.85
71 Accurate and sensitive detection of Plasmodium species in humans by use of the dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase linker region. J Clin Microbiol 2010 0.85
72 Phylogeographic Evidence for 2 Genetically Distinct Zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi Parasites, Malaysia. Emerg Infect Dis 2016 0.84
73 Restricted T-cell epitope diversity in the circumsporozoite protein from Plasmodium falciparum populations prevalent in Iran. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2007 0.83
74 Investigations on anopheline mosquitoes close to the nest sites of chimpanzees subject to malaria infection in Ugandan highlands. Malar J 2012 0.82
75 Pre-erythrocytic antigens of Plasmodium falciparum: from rags to riches? Trends Parasitol 2003 0.81
76 Do apoptotic Plasmodium-infected hepatocytes initiate protective immune responses? J Infect Dis 2006 0.80
77 Near-fixation of a Pfmsp1 block 2 allelic variant in genetically diverse Plasmodium falciparum populations across Western Colombia. Acta Trop 2010 0.80
78 A survey of the Th2R and Th3R allelic variants in the circumsporozoite protein gene of P. falciparum parasites from western Thailand. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2004 0.80
79 [Nematodes of the genus Oesophagostomum: an emerging risk for humans and apes in Africa?]. Bull Acad Natl Med 2011 0.79
80 Vaccination using normal live sporozoites under drug treatment. Methods Mol Biol 2013 0.79
81 Morphologic and molecular study of hemoparasites in wild corvids and evidence of sequence identity with Plasmodium DNA detected in captive black-footed penguins (Spheniscus demersus). J Zoo Wildl Med 2014 0.76
82 [Great apes: who are they? Are they able to self-medicate?]. Bull Acad Natl Med 2011 0.75
83 The prospects of light from DARC. Trends Parasitol 2002 0.75