François Renaud

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Top papers

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1 Incidence of tick-borne relapsing fever in west Africa: longitudinal study. Lancet 2006 2.77
2 African great apes are natural hosts of multiple related malaria species, including Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 2.60
3 A new malaria agent in African hominids. PLoS Pathog 2009 2.47
4 Understanding parasite strategies: a state-dependent approach? Trends Parasitol 2002 2.41
5 Genetic diversity and structure of African Plasmodium falciparum populations in urban and rural areas. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006 2.34
6 Population genetics and molecular epidemiology or how to "débusquer la bête". Infect Genet Evol 2006 1.57
7 The Chikungunya threat: an ecological and evolutionary perspective. Trends Microbiol 2008 1.56
8 African monkeys are infected by Plasmodium falciparum nonhuman primate-specific strains. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.56
9 Beyond nature and nurture: phenotypic plasticity in blood-feeding behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s. when humans are not readily accessible. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009 1.56
10 A fresh look at the origin of Plasmodium falciparum, the most malignant malaria agent. PLoS Pathog 2011 1.54
11 Parasites within the new phylogeny of eukaryotes. Trends Parasitol 2002 1.49
12 Species concepts: what for? Trends Parasitol 2003 1.44
13 Population genetic structure of Plasmodium falciparum in the two main African vectors, Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.40
14 Water-borne transmission drives avian influenza dynamics in wild birds: the case of the 2005-2006 epidemics in the Camargue area. Infect Genet Evol 2009 1.39
15 Persistence of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses in natural ecosystems. Emerg Infect Dis 2010 1.29
16 Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum in Thailand, a low transmission country. Malar J 2009 1.22
17 The epidemiology and geographic distribution of relapsing fever borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a review of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex (Acari: Ixodida). PLoS One 2013 1.16
18 New prospects for research on manipulation of insect vectors by pathogens. PLoS Pathog 2006 1.16
19 Diversity, host switching and evolution of Plasmodium vivax infecting African great apes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 1.13
20 Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Dakar, Senegal, investigated from microsatellite and antigen determinant loci. Microbes Infect 2002 1.10
21 Multiple independent introductions of Plasmodium falciparum in South America. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011 1.06
22 Malaria Plasmodium agent induces alteration in the head proteome of their Anopheles mosquito host. Proteomics 2007 1.05
23 Spread of avian influenza viruses by common teal (Anas crecca) in Europe. PLoS One 2009 1.05
24 Exploiting host compensatory responses: the 'must' of manipulation? Trends Parasitol 2008 1.03
25 Epidemiology of tick-borne borreliosis in Morocco. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2012 1.01
26 Beer consumption increases human attractiveness to malaria mosquitoes. PLoS One 2010 0.98
27 Anopheles moucheti and Anopheles vinckei are candidate vectors of ape Plasmodium parasites, including Plasmodium praefalciparum in Gabon. PLoS One 2013 0.97
28 A comparison of Anopheles gambiae and Plasmodium falciparum genetic structure over space and time. Microbes Infect 2008 0.93
29 Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis. BMC Evol Biol 2010 0.91
30 Clonal population structure and genetic diversity of Candida albicans in AIDS patients from Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 0.91
31 Sex-biased genetic structure in the vector of Lyme disease, Ixodes ricinus. Evolution 2002 0.91
32 Infection and body odours: evolutionary and medical perspectives. Infect Genet Evol 2009 0.90
33 Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units (DTUs): microsatellite loci and population genetics of DTUs TcV and TcI in Bolivia and Peru. Infect Genet Evol 2011 0.89
34 Lyme borreliosis agents and the genetics and sex of their vector, Ixodes ricinus. Microbes Infect 2004 0.89
35 Plasmodium falciparum is not as lonely as previously considered. Virulence 2011 0.88
36 Influenza A virus in birds during spring migration in the Camargue, France. J Wildl Dis 2007 0.88
37 The potential distance of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus dispersal by mallard, common teal and Eurasian pochard. Ecohealth 2010 0.87
38 Malaria: Evolution in vector control. Nature 2009 0.85
39 Cancer: a missing link in ecosystem functioning? Trends Ecol Evol 2013 0.85
40 Avian influenza circulation in the Camargue (south of France) during the 2006-07 season. Avian Dis 2010 0.85
41 H9N2 avian influenza virus in a Mediterranean gull. J Mol Genet Med 2008 0.84
42 High influenza a virus infection rates in Mallards bred for hunting in the Camargue, South of France. PLoS One 2012 0.84
43 Malaria: fungal allies enlisted. Nature 2005 0.83
44 Absence of detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 in migratory waterfowl in southern France in 2005-2006. Infect Genet Evol 2007 0.82
45 Non-Mendelian transmission of alleles at microsatellite loci: an example in Ixodes ricinus, the vector of Lyme disease. Int J Parasitol 2004 0.80
46 Isolation of Plasmodium falciparum by flow-cytometry: implications for single-trophozoite genotyping and parasite DNA purification for whole-genome high-throughput sequencing of archival samples. Malar J 2012 0.80
47 Study of influenza A virus in wild boars living in a major duck wintering site. Infect Genet Evol 2011 0.79
48 Characterization of a genogroup I sapovirus isolated from chimpanzees in the republic of congo. Genome Announc 2014 0.79
49 Genetic diversity and population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-1-infected compared with uninfected individuals in Burkina Faso. AIDS 2007 0.78
50 A new procedure allowing the complete removal and prevention of hemodialysis biofilms. Blood Purif 2005 0.78
51 [Live with pathogens in the XXI(th) century]. Med Sci (Paris) 2011 0.75
52 Patterns of selection on Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte-binding antigens after the colonization of the New World. Mol Ecol 2014 0.75
53 Morphometric and genetic variability of Rodentolepis asymmetrica (Hymenolepididae) from the Pyrenean mountains. J Parasitol 2002 0.75
54 Of parasites and men. Infect Genet Evol 2013 0.75