Aurelién Mercier

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Aurelién Mercier is a scholar working on Parasitology, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aurelién Mercier has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Parasitology, 29 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Aurelién Mercier's work include Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (47 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (25 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (24 papers). Aurelién Mercier is often cited by papers focused on Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (47 papers), Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (25 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (24 papers). Aurelién Mercier collaborates with scholars based in France, Morocco and French Guiana. Aurelién Mercier's co-authors include J-F Cordeau, G Laporte, Marie‐Laure Dardé, Daniel Ajzenberg, Lokman Galal, Frédéric Collinet, Gilbert Laporte, Sébastien Devillard, Henri Bonnabau and Marie‐Laure Dardé and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Aurelién Mercier

55 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aurelién Mercier France	21	1.2k	818	676	392	360	58	2.1k
Abhijit Deshmukh United States	17	139 0.1×	105 0.1×	215 0.3×	32 0.1×	19 0.1×	62	836
Klaus Henning Germany	21	524 0.4×	156 0.2×	21 0.0×	55 0.1×	87 0.2×	103	1.2k
James Higgins United States	28	1.0k 0.8×	111 0.1×	15 0.0×	111 0.3×	23 0.1×	53	2.2k
John A. Newman United States	25	112 0.1×	368 0.4×	70 0.1×	12 0.0×	77 0.2×	119	1.8k
Danhuai Guo China	16	55 0.0×	234 0.3×	6 0.0×	52 0.1×	21 0.1×	53	802
Diana L. Connor United States	20	46 0.0×	246 0.3×	64 0.1×	9 0.0×	25 0.1×	28	1.1k
David H. Walker United States	22	1.0k 0.9×	94 0.1×	21 0.0×	50 0.1×	4 0.0×	58	1.4k
Yiyin Wang China	22	35 0.0×	175 0.2×	20 0.0×	40 0.1×	15 0.0×	109	1.5k
Jianlin Jiang United States	19	754 0.6×	50 0.1×	31 0.0×	31 0.1×	1 0.0×	36	1.4k
Anthony Ross United States	10	18 0.0×	117 0.1×	116 0.2×	54 0.1×	9 0.0×	19	576

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Galal, Lokman, Aurelién Mercier, Hélène Yera, & Alejandra de‐la‐Torre. (2025). Toxoplasmosis in South America: a hybridization-driven disease burden?. Trends in Parasitology. 41(12). 1086–1089.

Bártová, Eva, et al.. (2024). First detection of Toxoplasma gondii Africa 4 lineage in a population of carnivores from South Africa. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 14. 1274577–1274577. 2 indexed citations

Khelef, Djamel, et al.. (2023). Seroprevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep in Algeria. Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 95. 101960–101960. 6 indexed citations

Dechavanne, Célia, Florence Migot‐Nabias, Nadine Fiévet, et al.. (2023). Correction Notice to: “Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and detection of infection acquired during pregnancy in Cotonou, Benin”. Parasite. 30. 48–48. 1 indexed citations

Fernández‐Escobar, Mercedes, C.M. Hamilton, Rafael Calero‐Bernal, et al.. (2023). A ring trial to harmonize Toxoplasma gondii microsatellite typing: comparative analysis of results and recommendations for optimization. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 42(7). 803–818. 11 indexed citations

Dechavanne, Célia, Florence Migot‐Nabias, Nadine Fiévet, et al.. (2023). Seroepidemiology of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and detection of infection acquired during pregnancy in Cotonou, Benin. Parasite. 30. 43–43. 2 indexed citations

Karim, Issaka Youssao Abdou, Lokman Galal, Christophe Diagne, et al.. (2022). Molecular prevalence, genetic characterization and patterns ofToxoplasma gondiiinfection in domestic small mammals from Cotonou, Benin. Parasite. 29. 58–58. 1 indexed citations

Galal, Lokman, Gauthier Dobigny, Anatóle Laleye, et al.. (2021). A hotspot of Toxoplasma gondii Africa 1 lineage in Benin: How new genotypes from West Africa contribute to understand the parasite genetic diversity worldwide. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 15(2). e0008980–e0008980. 17 indexed citations

Verhaegen, Bavo, Wim Coucke, Aurelién Mercier, et al.. (2020). Molecular Study of Toxoplasma gondii Isolates Originating from Humans and Organic Pigs in Belgium. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 17(5). 316–321. 7 indexed citations

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Prudhomme, Jorian, Albin Fontaine, Guillaume Lacour, et al.. (2019). The native European Aedes geniculatus mosquito species can transmit chikungunya virus. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 8(1). 962–972. 18 indexed citations

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Galal, Lokman, Farid Boumédiène, Marie‐Laure Dardé, et al.. (2019). Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Free-Range Chickens in Senegal, West Africa. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 20(1). 15–21. 8 indexed citations

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Galal, Lokman, Thomas Cuny, Carine Brouat, et al.. (2019). The introduction of new hosts with human trade shapes the extant distribution of Toxoplasma gondii lineages. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 13(7). e0007435–e0007435. 20 indexed citations

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Karakavuk, Muhammet, Aurelién Mercier, Hüseyin Can, et al.. (2018). Prevalence of toxoplasmosis and genetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii strains isolated in wild birds of prey and their relation with previously isolated strains from Turkey. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0196159–e0196159. 38 indexed citations

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Galal, Lokman, Gereon Schares, Philippe Vignoles, et al.. (2018). Diversity of Toxoplasma gondii strains shaped by commensal communities of small mammals. International Journal for Parasitology. 49(3-4). 267–275. 33 indexed citations

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Galal, Lokman, et al.. (2017). Toxoplasma and Africa: One Parasite, Two Opposite Population Structures. Trends in Parasitology. 34(2). 140–154. 53 indexed citations

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Mercier, Aurelién, Lokman Galal, Aongart Mahittikorn, et al.. (2017). Geographical distribution of Toxoplasma gondii genotypes in Asia: A link with neighboring continents. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 53. 227–238. 86 indexed citations

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Klun, Ivana, Isabelle Villena, Aurelién Mercier, et al.. (2017). The first isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from horses in Serbia. Parasites & Vectors. 10(1). 167–167. 27 indexed citations

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Paradis, Emmanuel, Hilda Fátima Jesus Pena, J. P. Dubey, et al.. (2016). Phylogeography of Toxoplasma gondii points to a South American origin. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 48. 150–155. 55 indexed citations

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Mercier, Aurelién, et al.. (2013). Toxoplasmosis seroprevalence in urban rodents: a survey\nin Niamey, Niger. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

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Amer, Said, et al.. (2012). Molecular identification ofFasciolaspp. (Digenea: Fasciolidae) in Egypt. Parasite. 19(2). 177–182. 34 indexed citations

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