Research: Zoonotic disease emergence; COVID-19; Ebola; HIV beginnings; Hepatitis B; monkeypox; preparedness and response to epidemics
See https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/anthropology-and-ecology-of-disease-emergence/ and https://www.sonar-global.eu/ for more information.
Relevant publications include:
T. Giles-Vernick* and F. Hejoaka, 2020. Healing dreams and hepatitis B in Burkina Faso Africa, 90, 1: 77-94. doi:10.1017/S0001972019000949
V. Narat, M. Kampo, T. Heyer, S. Rupp, P. Ambata, R. Njouom, T. Giles-Vernick*. 2018. Using physical contact heterogeneity and frequency to characterize dynamics of human exposure to nonhuman primate bodily fluids in Central Africa PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12, 12: e0006976. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal/pntd.006976
S. Rupp, P. Ambata, V. Narat, T. Giles-Vernick*. 2016. Beyond the Cut Hunter: A historical epidemiology of HIV beginnings in central Africa, EcoHealth 13, 4: 661-671. doi:10.1007/s10393-016-1189-6.