Of chloroquine and COVID-19

F Touret, X de Lamballerie - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent publications have brought attention to the possible benefit of chloroquine, a broadly
used antimalarial drug, in the treatment of patients infected by the novel emerged …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging arboviruses: Why today?

…, J Pettersson, S Higgs, R Charrel, X De Lamballerie - One health, 2017 - Elsevier
The recent global (re)emergence of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), such as chikungunya
and Zika virus, was widely reported in the media as though it was a new phenomenon. …

The spike glycoprotein of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV contains a furin-like cleavage site absent in CoV of the same clade

B Coutard, C Valle, X De Lamballerie, B Canard… - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
In 2019, a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infecting Humans has emerged in Wuhan, China.
Its genome has been sequenced and the genomic information promptly released. Despite a …

Chikungunya fever: epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapy

…, A Nougairede, EA Gould, P Roques, X de Lamballerie - Antiviral research, 2013 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is the aetiological agent of the mosquito-borne disease
chikungunya fever, a debilitating arthritic disease that, during the past 7 years, has caused …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya in the Americas

…, A Nougairede, S Cassadou, C Prat, X De Lamballerie - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Chikungunya is an arthropod-borne disease transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, characterised
by febrile arthralgia and responsible for devastating outbreaks. No licensed vaccine or …

[HTML][HTML] Causes of non-malarial fever in Laos: a prospective study

…, A Corwin, X de Lamballerie… - The Lancet Global …, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Because of reductions in the incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in
Laos, identification of the causes of fever in people without malaria, and discussion of the best …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of sexual transmission of Zika virus

…, S Matheron, X de Lamballerie… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
… Patient 2, a 46-year-old man, reported fever, asthenia, myalgia, chills, and a cutaneous rash
that began on February 7, while he was in Rio de Janeiro. The symptoms had resolved on the …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of early circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in France: findings from the population-based “CONSTANCES” cohort

…, JC Desenclos, S Kab, X de Lamballerie… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Using serum samples routinely collected in 9144 adults from a French general population-based
cohort, we identified 353 participants with a positive anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG test, among …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxychloroquine use against SARS-CoV-2 infection in non-human primates

…, MR Calatrava, S van Der Werf, X de Lamballerie… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly become a global pandemic and no antiviral
drug or vaccine is yet available for the treatment of this disease 1 , 2 – 3 . Several clinical …

Ivermectin is a potent inhibitor of flavivirus replication specifically targeting NS3 helicase activity: new prospects for an old drug

…, K Dallmeier, X de Lamballerie… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Infection with yellow fever virus (YFV), the prototypic mosquito-borne flavivirus,
causes severe febrile disease with haemorrhage, multi-organ failure and a high mortality. …