Christophe N. Peyrefitte

Development of a TaqMan® RT-PCR assay without RNA extraction step for the detection and quantification of African Chikungunya viruses

Boris Pastorino, Maël Bessaud, Marc Grandadam et al. · Journal of Virological Methods · 2004 · 276 citations

Rna Extraction Step, Diagnostic Virology, Viral Diagnostics +7

A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

Eduan Wilkinson, Marta Giovanetti, Houriiyah Tegally et al. · Science · 2021 · 221 citations · Full text

Epidemic resurgence of Chikungunya virus in democratic Republic of the Congo: Identification of a new central African strain

Boris Pastorino, Jean‐Jacques Muyembé‐Tamfum, Maël Bessaud et al. · Journal of Medical Virology · 2004 · 209 citations

Resurgence of Ebola virus in 2021 in Guinea suggests a new paradigm for outbreaks

Alpha Kabinet Kéita, Fara Raymond Koundouno, Martin Faye et al. · Nature · 2021 · 188 citations · Full text

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Epidemic Intelligence, Pathogen Prevalence +10

The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance

Houriiyah Tegally, James Emmanuel San, Matthew Cotten et al. · Science · 2022 · 161 citations · Full text

Virus Epidemiology, Covid-19 Epidemiology, Covid-19 +16