Xavier Pourrut

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Xavier Pourrut is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xavier Pourrut has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Infectious Diseases, 15 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Xavier Pourrut's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (21 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (14 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (11 papers). Xavier Pourrut is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (21 papers), Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (14 papers) and HIV Research and Treatment (11 papers). Xavier Pourrut collaborates with scholars based in France, Gabon and United States. Xavier Pourrut's co-authors include Eric M. Leroy, Jean‐Paul Gonzalez, André Delicat, Philippe Yaba, Alexandre Hassanin, Brice Kumulungui, Janusz T. Pawęska, Pierre Rouquet, Robert Swanepoel and Éric Delaporte and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xavier Pourrut

43 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus

2005 1.1k citations Eric M. Leroy, Brice Kumulungui et al. Nature profile →

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Pierre Rouquet Gabon

Jonathan S. Towner United States

Pierre Formenty Switzerland

Petra Emmerich Germany

Patricia A. Leman South Africa

Frederick A. Murphy United States

Jonas Schmidt‐Chanasit Germany

Felicity J. Burt South Africa

Janusz T. Pawęska South Africa

Roman Biek United Kingdom

Pierre Rouquet Gabon

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xavier Pourrut

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hassanin, Alexandre, Céline Bonillo, Xavier Pourrut, et al.. (2020). Phylogeny of African fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) based on complete mitochondrial genomes. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research. 58(4). 1395–1410. 22 indexed citations

Hassanin, Alexandre, Steven M. Goodman, Blaise Kadjo, et al.. (2015). The comparative phylogeography of fruit bats of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) reveals cryptic species diversity related to African Pleistocene forest refugia. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 338(3). 197–211. 49 indexed citations

Kadjo, Blaise, et al.. (2012). Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66(1). 126–137. 49 indexed citations

Liégeois, Florian, Vanina Boué, Christelle Butel, et al.. (2012). New STLV-3 strains and a divergent SIVmus strain identified in non-human primate bushmeat in Gabon. Retrovirology. 9(1). 28–28. 22 indexed citations

Pourrut, Xavier, Dieudonné Nkoghe, Janusz T. Pawęska, & Eric M. Leroy. (2010). First serological evidence of West Nile virus in human rural populations of Gabon. Virology Journal. 7(1). 132–132. 16 indexed citations

Pourrut, Xavier, Dieudonné Nkoghe, Marc Souris, et al.. (2010). Rift Valley Fever Virus Seroprevalence in Human Rural Populations of Gabon. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 4(7). e763–e763. 45 indexed citations

Pourrut, Xavier, Marc Souris, Jonathan S. Towner, et al.. (2009). Large serological survey showing cocirculation of Ebola and Marburg viruses in Gabonese bat populations, and a high seroprevalence of both viruses in Rousettus aegyptiacus. BMC Infectious Diseases. 9(1). 159–159. 201 indexed citations

Leroy, Eric M., Benjamin Ollomo, Chimène Nze-Nkogue, et al.. (2009). Concurrent Chikungunya and Dengue Virus Infections during Simultaneous Outbreaks, Gabon, 2007. Emerging infectious diseases. 15(4). 591–593. 182 indexed citations

Molez, Jean-François, et al.. (2008). VARIABILITÉ CLIMATIQUE ET RÉPARTITION DE LA FIÈVRE HÉMORRAGIQUE DE CRIMÉE-CONGO ET DE LA COWDRIOSE, MALADIES à TIQUES AU SÉNÉGAL. Acarologia. 48. 155–161. 2 indexed citations

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Pourrut, Xavier, André Delicat, Pierre E. Rollin, et al.. (2007). Spatial and Temporal Patterns ofZaire ebolavirusAntibody Prevalence in the Possible Reservoir Bat Species. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 196(s2). S176–S183. 109 indexed citations

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Leroy, Eric M., Jean‐Paul Gonzalez, & Xavier Pourrut. (2007). Ebolavirus and Other Filoviruses. Current topics in microbiology and immunology. 315. 363–387. 71 indexed citations

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Liégeois, Florian, Valérie Courgnaud, William M. Switzer, et al.. (2006). Molecular characterization of a novel simian immunodeficiency virus lineage (SIVtal) from northern talapoins (Miopithecus ogouensis). Virology. 349(1). 55–65. 12 indexed citations

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Leroy, Eric M., Xavier Pourrut, & Jean‐Paul Gonzalez. (2006). Les chauves-souris, réservoirs du virus Ebola : Le mystère se dissipe. médecine/sciences. 22(1). 78–80. 5 indexed citations

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Pourrut, Xavier, Brice Kumulungui, Ghislain Moussavou, et al.. (2005). The natural history of Ebola virus in Africa. Microbes and Infection. 7(7-8). 1005–1014. 208 indexed citations

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Leroy, Eric M., Brice Kumulungui, Xavier Pourrut, et al.. (2005). Fruit bats as reservoirs of Ebola virus. Nature. 438(7068). 575–576. 1051 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sylla, Massamba, Xavier Pourrut, Ngor Faye, et al.. (2004). Argasidae (Acari:Ixodida) parasites of wild and domestic animals in Senegal: 1 - Review and distribution. Acarologia. 44. 137–149. 6 indexed citations

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Peeters, Martine, Valérie Courgnaud, Bernadette Abela, et al.. (2002). Risk to Human Health from a Plethora of Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses in Primate Bushmeat. Emerging infectious diseases. 8(5). 451–457. 20 indexed citations

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Pourrut, Xavier, Anh Galat‐Luong, & Gérard Galat. (1996). ASSOCIATIONS DU SINGE VERT AVEC D'AUTRES ESPECES DE PRIMATES AU SENEGAL : LA TRANSMISSION INTERSPECIFIQUE DU SIVAGM DOIT ETRE FREQUENTE DANS LA NATURE. Revue Méd Vét. 147(1). 47–58. 2 indexed citations

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Bibollet-Ruche, F, Anh Galat‐Luong, G Cuny, et al.. (1996). Simian immunodeficiency virus infection in a patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas): evidence for cross-species transmission from African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) in the wild. Journal of General Virology. 77(4). 773–781. 72 indexed citations

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Galat‐Luong, Anh, F Bibollet-Ruche, Xavier Pourrut, et al.. (1994). Social Organisation and SIV Sero-Epidemiology of a Patas Monkey Population in Senegal. Folia Primatologica. 63(4). 226–228. 2 indexed citations

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