Publications by authors named "Olivier Cassar"

39Publications

High prevalence of human T-cell leukemia virus type-1b genotype among blood donors in Gabon, Central Africa.

Authors:
Jill-Léa Ramassamy Olivier Cassar Manoushka Toumbiri Abdoulaye Diané Antony Idam Mamimandjiami Calixte Bengone Jophrette Mireille Ntsame-Ndong Augustin Mouinga-Ondémé Antoine Gessain

Transfusion 2020 Jul 15;60(7):1483-1491. Epub 2020 May 15.

Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Institut Pasteur, UMR 3569, CNRS, Paris, France.

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July 2020

Multiple recombinant events in human T-cell Leukemia virus Type 1: complete sequences of recombinant African strains.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Alexandra Desrames Ambroise Marçais Olivier Gout Graham P Taylor Olivier Hermine Vicente Soriano Carmen de Mendoza Océane Dehan Margot Le Mener Philippe V Afonso Antoine Gessain

Emerg Microbes Infect 2020 Dec;9(1):913-923

Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, UMR3569 CNRS, Université de Paris, Paris, France.

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December 2020

Molecular epidemiology, genetic variability and evolution of HTLV-1 with special emphasis on African genotypes.

Authors:
Philippe V Afonso Olivier Cassar Antoine Gessain

Retrovirology 2019 12 16;16(1):39. Epub 2019 Dec 16.

Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, CRNS-UMR 3569, Département de Virologie, Institut Pasteur, Bâtiment Lwoff, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris cedex 15, France.

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December 2019

The prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 & 2 (HTLV-1/2) in South African blood donors.

Authors:
Marion Vermeulen Wendy Sykes Charl Coleman Brian Custer Genevieve Jacobs Jabulisile Jaza Zhanna Kaidarova Carol Hlela Antoine Gessain Olivier Cassar Colwyn Poole Charlotte Ingram Edward L Murphy Ravi Reddy

Vox Sang 2019 Jul 4;114(5):451-458. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

South African National Blood Service, Roodepoort, South Africa.

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July 2019

Risk factors for HTLV-1 infection in Central Africa: A rural population-based survey in Gabon.

Authors:
Delia Doreen Djuicy Augustin Mouinga-Ondémé Olivier Cassar Jill-Léa Ramassamy Antony Idam Mamimandjiami Rodrigue Bikangui Arnaud Fontanet Antoine Gessain

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2018 10 12;12(10):e0006832. Epub 2018 Oct 12.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France.

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October 2018

Kaposi sarcoma, oral malformations, mitral dysplasia, and scoliosis associated with 7q34-q36.3 heterozygous terminal deletion.

Authors:
Carolyn C Jackson Alain Lefèvre-Utile Anne Guimier Valérie Malan Julie Bruneau Antoine Gessain Olivier Cassar Jeanne Amiel Aurélie Cobat Vimel Rattina Laurent Abel Jean-Laurent Casanova Stéphane Blanche

Am J Med Genet A 2017 Jul 9;173(7):1858-1865. Epub 2017 May 9.

Pediatric Immunology-Hematology-Rheumatology Unit, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France.

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July 2017

Serological and Molecular Methods to Study Epidemiological Aspects of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 Infection.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Antoine Gessain

Methods Mol Biol 2017 ;1582:3-24

Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015, Paris, France.

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February 2018

Persistent risk of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma after neonatal HTLV-1 infection through exchange transfusion.

Authors:
Eric Oksenhendler Jocelyn Turpin Raphael Lhote Olivier Cassar Jean-Michel Cayuela Claire Fieschi Lionel Galicier Veronique Meignin Charles Bangham Antoine Gessain

Int J Hematol 2017 Jun 30;105(6):859-862. Epub 2017 Jan 30.

Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Institut Pasteur, 75015, Paris, France.

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June 2017

A Novel Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1c Molecular Variant in an Indigenous Individual from New Caledonia, Melanesia.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Françoise Charavay Frédéric Touzain Patricia Jeannin Jean-Paul Grangeon Sylvie Laumond Eliane Chungue Paul M V Martin Antoine Gessain

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017 01 6;11(1):e0005278. Epub 2017 Jan 6.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France.

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January 2017

Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 infection in an Indigenous Australian population: epidemiological insights from a hospital-based cohort study.

Authors:
Lloyd Einsiedel Richard J Woodman Maria Flynn Kim Wilson Olivier Cassar Antoine Gessain

BMC Public Health 2016 08 15;16:787. Epub 2016 Aug 15.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, F-75015, Paris, France.

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August 2016

Higher HTLV-1c proviral loads are associated with blood stream infections in an Indigenous Australian population.

Authors:
Lloyd Einsiedel Olivier Cassar Tim Spelman Sheela Joseph Antoine Gessain

J Clin Virol 2016 May 11;78:93-8. Epub 2016 Mar 11.

Institut Pasteur, Unité EPVO, Département de Virologie, F-75015 Paris, France; CNRS, UMR 3569, F-75015 Paris, France.

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May 2016

Epidemic History and Iatrogenic Transmission of Blood-borne Viruses in Mid-20th Century Kinshasa.

Authors:
Catherine A Hogan James Iles Eric H Frost Geneviève Giroux Olivier Cassar Antoine Gessain Marie-Josée Dion Vicky Ilunga Andrew Rambaut André-Édouard Yengo-Ki-Ngimbi Frieda Behets Oliver G Pybus Jacques Pépin

J Infect Dis 2016 Aug 14;214(3):353-60. Epub 2016 Jan 14.

Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.

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August 2016

Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in a Caucasian Patient After Sexual Transmission of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1.

Authors:
David Sibon Olivier Cassar Isabelle Duga Chantal Brouzes David Ghez Christophe Pasquier Claire Sibon Alexandra Desrames Franck Mortreux Eric Wattel Ali Bazarbachi Antoine Gessain Olivier Hermine

Open Forum Infect Dis 2015 Apr 6;2(2):ofv032. Epub 2015 Mar 6.

Hématologie Adulte , Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1163 and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) ERL 8254 Bases Cellulaires et Moléculaires des Désordres Hématologiques ; Institut Imagine, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité

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April 2015

Higher human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C proviral loads are associated with bronchiectasis in indigenous australians: results of a case-control study.

Authors:
Lloyd Einsiedel Olivier Cassar Emma Goeman Tim Spelman Virginia Au Saba Hatami Sheela Joseph Antoine Gessain

Open Forum Infect Dis 2014 Mar 28;1(1):ofu023. Epub 2014 May 28.

Institut Pasteur, Unité EPVO, Département de Virologie , F-75015 Paris , France ; CNRS, UMR 3569 , F-75015 Paris , France.

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March 2014

A Severe Bite From a Nonhuman Primate Is a Major Risk Factor for HTLV-1 Infection in Hunters From Central Africa.

Authors:
Claudia Filippone Edouard Betsem Patricia Tortevoye Olivier Cassar Sylviane Bassot Alain Froment Arnaud Fontanet Antoine Gessain

Clin Infect Dis 2015 Jun 25;60(11):1667-76. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, and CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France.

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June 2015

Northern African strains of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 arose from a recombination event.

Authors:
Alexandra Desrames Olivier Cassar Olivier Gout Olivier Hermine Graham P Taylor Philippe V Afonso Antoine Gessain

J Virol 2014 Sep 18;88(17):9782-8. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France

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September 2014

Epidemiology and genetic variability of HHV-8/KSHV in Pygmy and Bantu populations in Cameroon.

Authors:
Edouard Betsem Olivier Cassar Philippe V Afonso Arnaud Fontanet Alain Froment Antoine Gessain

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014 May 15;8(5):e2851. Epub 2014 May 15.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France; CNRS, UMR3569, Paris, France.

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May 2014

Molecular epidemiology of merkel cell polyomavirus: evidence for geographically related variant genotypes.

Authors:
Claire Martel-Jantin Claudia Filippone Patricia Tortevoye Philippe V Afonso Edouard Betsem Stéphane Descorps-Declere Jérôme T J Nicol Antoine Touzé Pierre Coursaget Maryse Crouzat Nicolas Berthet Olivier Cassar Antoine Gessain

J Clin Microbiol 2014 May 12;52(5):1687-90. Epub 2014 Feb 12.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France.

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May 2014

Clinical associations of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus type 1 infection in an indigenous Australian population.

Authors:
Lloyd Einsiedel Tim Spelman Emma Goeman Olivier Cassar Mick Arundell Antoine Gessain

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014 16;8(1):e2643. Epub 2014 Jan 16.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France ; CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France.

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September 2014

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C molecular variants among indigenous australians: new insights into the molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 in Australo-Melanesia.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Lloyd Einsiedel Philippe V Afonso Antoine Gessain

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2013 26;7(9):e2418. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, Paris, France ; CNRS, UMR 3569, Paris, France.

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March 2014

Variant human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1c and adult T-cell leukemia, Australia.

Authors:
Lloyd Einsiedel Olivier Cassar Peter Bardy Daniel Kearney Antoine Gessain

Emerg Infect Dis 2013 Oct;19(10):1639-41

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October 2013

Inherited human OX40 deficiency underlying classic Kaposi sarcoma of childhood.

Authors:
Minji Byun Cindy S Ma Arzu Akçay Vincent Pedergnana Umaimainthan Palendira Jinjong Myoung Danielle T Avery Yifang Liu Avinash Abhyankar Lazaro Lorenzo Monika Schmidt Hye Kyung Lim Olivier Cassar Melanie Migaud Flore Rozenberg Nur Canpolat Gönül Aydogan Bernhard Fleckenstein Jacinta Bustamante Capucine Picard Antoine Gessain Emmanuelle Jouanguy Ethel Cesarman Martin Olivier Philippe Gros Laurent Abel Michael Croft Stuart G Tangye Jean-Laurent Casanova

J Exp Med 2013 Aug 29;210(9):1743-59. Epub 2013 Jul 29.

St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.

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August 2013

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infective dermatitis in central Australia.

Authors:
Lloyd Einsiedel Olivier Cassar Lynne Gordon Antoine Gessain

J Clin Virol 2013 Aug 23;57(4):370-3. Epub 2013 May 23.

Northern Territory Rural Clinical School, Flinders University, 0870 Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.

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August 2013

HTLV-1-associated inflammatory myopathies: low proviral load and moderate inflammation in 13 patients from West Indies and West Africa.

Authors:
Marion Desdouits Olivier Cassar Thierry Maisonobe Alexandra Desrames Achille Aouba Olivier Hermine Jacqueline Mikol Marc Polivka Isabelle Penisson-Besnier Pascale Marcorelles Fabien Zagnoli Thomas Papo Arnaud Lacour Zahir Amoura Julien Haroche Patrick Cherin Antonio Teixeira Olivier Benveniste Serge Herson Anne-Sophie Morin Franck Mortreux Eric Wattel Michel Huerre Marie-Christine Cumont Sandra Martin-Latil Gillian Butler-Browne Olivier Gout Graham Taylor Antoine Gessain Simona Ozden Pierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi

J Clin Virol 2013 May 30;57(1):70-6. Epub 2013 Jan 30.

Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.

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May 2013

Epidemiological Aspects and World Distribution of HTLV-1 Infection.

Authors:
Antoine Gessain Olivier Cassar

Front Microbiol 2012 15;3:388. Epub 2012 Nov 15.

Département de Virologie, Unité d'épidémiologie et physiopathologie des virus oncogènes, Institut Pasteur Paris, France ; CNRS, URA3015 Paris, France.

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November 2012

Divergent KSHV/HHV-8 subtype D strains in New Caledonia and Solomon Islands, Melanesia.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Françoise Charavay Sylviane Bassot Sabine Plancoulaine Jean-Paul Grangeon Sylvie Laumond-Barny Paul M V Martin Suzanne Chanteau Antoine Gessain

J Clin Virol 2012 Mar 11;53(3):214-8. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

Institut Pasteur, Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Département de Virologie, F-75015 Paris, France.

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March 2012

Multicentric Castleman disease in an HHV8-infected child born to consanguineous parents with systematic review.

Authors:
Sandrine Leroy Despina Moshous Olivier Cassar Yves Reguerre Minji Byun Vincent Pedergnana Danielle Canioni Antoine Gessain Eric Oksenhendler Claire Fieschi Nizar Mahlaoui Jean-Pierre Rivière Rose-Marie Herbigneaux Matthias Muszlak Jean-Pierre Arnaud Alain Fischer Capucine Picard Stéphane Blanche Sabine Plancoulaine Jean-Laurent Casanova

Pediatrics 2012 Jan 12;129(1):e199-203. Epub 2011 Dec 12.

Department of Pediatric Immunology and Hematology, Necker Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France.

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January 2012

The imprint of the Slave Trade in an African American population: mitochondrial DNA, Y chromosome and HTLV-1 analysis in the Noir Marron of French Guiana.

Authors:
Nicolas Brucato Olivier Cassar Laure Tonasso Patricia Tortevoye Florence Migot-Nabias Sabine Plancoulaine Evelyne Guitard Georges Larrouy Antoine Gessain Jean-Michel Dugoujon

BMC Evol Biol 2010 Oct 19;10:314. Epub 2010 Oct 19.

Laboratoire d'Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et Imagerie de Synthèse, CNRS and Université Paul Sabatier, FRE2960, Toulouse, France.

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October 2010

Human herpesvirus 8 genotype E in patients with Kaposi sarcoma, Peru.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Marie Lise Blondot Salim Mohanna Gregory Jouvion Francisco Bravo Vicente Maco Renan Duprez Michel Huerre Eduardo Gotuzzo Antoine Gessain

Emerg Infect Dis 2010 Sep;16(9):1459-62

Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

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September 2010

Atypical presentation of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma due to HTLV-1: prurigo nodularis lasting twelve years followed by an acute micropapular eruption.

Authors:
Arnaud Duval Jacqueline Rivet Isabelle Moulonguet Olivier Cassar Félix Agbalika Daniel Wallach Antoine Gessain Antoine Petit

Acta Derm Venereol 2010 May;90(3):287-90

Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, FR-75010 Paris, France.

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May 2010

Human herpesvirus 8, Southern Siberia.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Sylviane Bassot Sabine Plancoulaine Lluis Quintana-Murci Christine Harmant Vladimir Gurtsevitch Natalia B Senyuta Larissa S Yakovleva Guy de The Antoine Gessain

Emerg Infect Dis 2010 Mar;16(3):580-2

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March 2010

Classic Kaposi sarcoma in 3 unrelated Turkish children born to consanguineous kindreds.

Authors:
Gürses Sahin Ayse Palanduz Gonul Aydogan Olivier Cassar A Ulya Ertem Leyla Telhan Nur Canpolat Emmanuelle Jouanguy Capucine Picard Antoine Gessain Laurent Abel Jean-Laurent Casanova Sabine Plancoulaine

Pediatrics 2010 Mar 15;125(3):e704-8. Epub 2010 Feb 15.

The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.

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March 2010

Development and validation of a multiplex real-time PCR assay for simultaneous genotyping and human T-lymphotropic virus type 1, 2, and 3 proviral load determination.

Authors:
Britta Moens Giovanni López Vanessa Adaui Elsa González Lien Kerremans Daniel Clark Kristien Verdonck Eduardo Gotuzzo Guido Vanham Olivier Cassar Antoine Gessain Anne-Mieke Vandamme Sonia Van Dooren

J Clin Microbiol 2009 Nov 9;47(11):3682-91. Epub 2009 Sep 9.

Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Minderbroederstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

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November 2009

Novel human herpesvirus 8 subtype D strains in Vanuatu, Melanesia.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Philippe V Afonso Sylviane Bassot Sabine Plancoulaine Renan Duprez Corinne Capuano Myriam Abel Paul M V Martin Antoine Gessain

Emerg Infect Dis 2007 Nov;13(11):1745-8

Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, France.

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November 2007

Human T lymphotropic virus type 1 subtype C melanesian genetic variants of the Vanuatu Archipelago and Solomon Islands share a common ancestor.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Corinne Capuano Sylviane Bassot Françoise Charavay Renan Duprez Philippe V Afonso Myriam Abel Helene Walter Woreka Mera Paul M V Martin Eliane Chungue Antoine Gessain

J Infect Dis 2007 Aug 28;196(4):510-21. Epub 2007 Jun 28.

Laboratoire d'Epidemiologie Moleculaire, Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Caledonie, Noumea, France.

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August 2007

Dengue-3 virus genomic differences that correlate with in vitro phenotype on a human cell line but not with disease severity.

Authors:
Claudine Roche Olivier Cassar Manola Laille Bernadette Murgue

Microbes Infect 2007 Jan 12;9(1):63-9. Epub 2006 Dec 12.

Laboratoire de Recherche en Virologie Médicale, Institut Louis Malardé, P.O. Box 30, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, Polynésie Française.

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January 2007

Cutaneous disseminated endemic Kaposi's sarcoma in a Polynesian man infected with a new divergent human herpesvirus 8 subtype D.

Authors:
Renan Duprez Olivier Cassar Oumkaltoum Hbid Yannick Rougier Laurent Morisse Sylviane Bassot Michel Huerre Antoine Gessain

J Clin Virol 2006 Nov 29;37(3):222-6. Epub 2006 Sep 29.

Unité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

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November 2006

Evolutionary insights into the high worldwide prevalence of MBL2 deficiency alleles.

Authors:
Paul Verdu Luis B Barreiro Etienne Patin Antoine Gessain Olivier Cassar Judith R Kidd Kenneth K Kidd Doron M Behar Alain Froment Evelyne Heyer Lucas Sica Jean-Laurent Casanova Laurent Abel Lluís Quintana-Murci

Hum Mol Genet 2006 Sep 2;15(17):2650-8. Epub 2006 Aug 2.

CNRS FRE 2849, Unit of Molecular Prevention and Therapy of Human Diseases, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

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September 2006

Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 molecular variants, Vanuatu, Melanesia.

Authors:
Olivier Cassar Corinne Capuano Laurent Meertens Eliane Chungue Antoine Gessain

Emerg Infect Dis 2005 May;11(5):706-10

Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, France.

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May 2005