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Idir Bitam
Affiliation : University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene · Aix-Marseille Université · Méditerranée Infection Foundation · Institut de Recherche pour le Développement · Centre de recherche en Agropastoralisme (CRAPast) · Risques Infectieux Tropicaux Microorganismes EmergentS
- 116Publications (affiliation in Algeria)
- 177Total publications
- 6432Citations
- 39h-index
Research profile
Idir Bitam has 116 indexed publications (2011–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases”, “PLoS neglected tropical diseases” and “New Microbes and New Infections”. Their most cited article, “Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach” (2013), has been cited 1421 times. 14 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in France, Australia, United States, Brazil.
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- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Bartonella species infections research
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
Publications (116)
- Serological evidence of hidden circulation of three arthropod-borne diseases (Rift Valley fever, West Nile fever, and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever) in dromedary camels from the Eastern Algerian Sahara.
- MALDI-TOF MS identification of Glossina from Senegal and Guinea, and detection of associated Trypanosomes
- Molecular detection and identification of spotted fever group Rickettsia in ticks infesting dairy cattle in northern Algeria
- MEDITERRANEAN SPOTTED FEVER IN ALGERIA
- A giant virus with a 4-megabase genome and a vastly expanded repeatome
- Correction: Medkour et al. Adenovirus Infections in African Humans and Wild Non-Human Primates: Great Diversity and Cross-Species Transmission. Viruses 2020, 12, 657
- Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Africa 1 Lineage in Hyalomma dromedarii Ticks, Algeria, 2023
- Detection of Rickettsia species in ticks feeding on wild boar (Sus scrofa algira) in Algeria
- Development of a cost-effective LAMP method for screening and monitoring enteropathogenic Yersinia in environmental matrices
- Molecular Evidence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks and Fleas Collected from Some Wild and Domestic Animals in Different Biotopes in Algeria
- Epidemiology of Sandfly-Borne Phleboviruses in North Africa: An Overview
- Molecular detection and MST genotyping of Coxiella burnetii in ruminants and stray dogs and cats in Northern Algeria
- A survey of the tick-borne disease Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in southern Algeria: First serological evidence in the dromedary camel population
- MOLECULAR DETECTION PROTOCOL OF SARS-COV-2 THROUGH SELF-COLLECTED SALIVA SPECIMENS VERSUS NASOPHARYNGEAL SWABS
- Serological evidence of Rift Valley fever viral infection among camels imported into Southern Algeria
- Cattle co-infection patterns by hemopathogens and their phylogenetic analysis during the tick season in Constantine and Mila, Northeast Algeria
- Neutralizing based seroprevalence study of Toscana virus in livestock from Algeria
- Q Fever in Unexplained Febrile Illness in Northern Algeria
- First detection of Leishmania DNA in ticks collected from domestic and wild animals in Algeria
- Molecular Surveillance of Yersinia pestis from Stray Dogs and Cats and their Fleas in Algiers
- Mosquito Vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) and Mosquito-Borne Diseases in North Africa
- MALDI-TOF MS Identification of Dromedary Camel Ticks and Detection of Associated Microorganisms, Southern Algeria
- Identification of Algerian field-caught mosquito vectors by MALDI-TOF MS
- Francisella tularensis PCR detection in Cape hares (Lepus capensis) and wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Algeria
- Presence of the sandfly-borne phlebovirus (Toscana virus) in different bio-geographical regions of Algeria demonstrated by a microneutralisation-based seroprevalence study in owned dogs
- COVID-19 in Africa: What else?
- Mediterranean spotted fever and peripheral facial nerve palsy: a rare neurological complication
- Serological study of leptospirosis in cats from Algeria
- Description of a new species and first records of trombidiformes and parasitengona on the common coot and the mallard in Algeria
- Introduction into the Marseille geographical area of a mild SARS-CoV-2 variant originating from sub-Saharan Africa: An investigational study
- Implementation of an in-house real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay for the rapid detection of the SARS-CoV-2 Marseille-4 variant
- TRIzol-based RNA extraction for detection protocol for SARS-CoV-2 of coronavirus disease 2019
- Infection by haemopathogens and tick infestation of sheep during summer season in Constantine region, Northeast Algeria
- Bacterial Infections in Humans and Nonhuman Primates from Africa: Expanding the Knowledge.
- Microorganisms associated with the North African hedgehog Atelerix algirus and its parasitizing arthropods in Algeria
- Cross‐sectional survey of cattle haemopathogens in Constantine, Northeast Algeria
- Knowledge, attitude and perception of bovine piroplasmosis by cattle owners in Constantine, North-East of Algeria, using participatory epidemiology
- Epidemiological study and identification of some flea species infesting wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and cape hares (Lepus capensis) in northern Algeria
- Contribution to the Monitoring of Leptospira in Wild Animals (Hedgehog of Bouira District)
- Tularemia as a Mosquito-Borne Disease
- Parasitic Infections in African Humans and Non-Human Primates
- Adenovirus Infections in African Humans and Wild Non-Human Primates: Great Diversity and Cross-Species Transmission
- Molecular identification and evaluation of Coxiella-like endosymbionts genetic diversity carried by cattle ticks in Algeria
- First serological evidence of West Nile virus infection in wild birds in Northern Algeria
- Potential of Artesunate in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs naturally infected by Leishmania infantum: Efficacy evidence from a randomized field trial
- Molecular Approach for the Diagnosis of Blood and Skin Canine Filarioids
- Diversity of Amoeba-Associated Giant Viruses Isolated in Algeria
- Canine vector-borne protozoa: Molecular and serological investigation for Leishmania spp., Trypanosoma spp., Babesia spp., and Hepatozoon spp. in dogs from Northern Algeria
- Molecular detection of avian spirochete Borrelia anserina in Argas persicus ticks in Algeria
- RETRACTED: Body lice of homeless people reveal the presence of several emerging bacterial pathogens in northern Algeria
- Urinary shedding of pathogenic Leptospira in stray dogs and cats, Algiers: A prospective study
- Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum DNA and host blood meal identification in Phlebotomus in a hypoendemic focus of human leishmaniasis in northern Algeria
- Detection of bacterial pathogens in clade E head lice collected from Niger’s refugees in Algeria
- West Nile virus in Algeria: a comprehensive overview
- Seasonal distribution of Rickettsia spp. in ticks in northeast Algeria
- The white stork Ciconia ciconia in the northeast of Algeria, and its relation with climatic change between 1996 and 2014
- Inventory and update on argasid ticks and associated pathogens in Algeria
- Cross-Reactivity between Major IgE Epitopes of Family 5 Allergens from Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Blomia tropicalis
- Acaricidal activity of flavonoids extract of Borago officinalis L. (Boraginaceae) against brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806).
- Brève: Application du MALDI-TOF en entomologie médicale en Algérie
- WITHDRAWN: Understanding the epidemiology and molecular basis of the insecticides-resistance mechanisms in fleas.
- Pacmanvirus, a New Giant Icosahedral Virus at the Crossroads between Asfarviridae and Faustoviruses
- Comparative analysis of storage conditions and homogenization methods for tick and flea species for identification by MALDI‐TOF MS
- Medical Entomology: A Reemerging Field of Research to Better Understand Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
- Human head lice and pubic lice reveal the presence of several Acinetobacter species in Algiers, Algeria
- Detection of relapsing fever Borrelia spp., Bartonella spp. and Anaplasmataceae bacteria in argasid ticks in Algeria
- Yersinia pestis halotolerance illuminates plague reservoirs
- Bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1), bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infections in Algerian dromedary camels (Camelus dromaderius)
- Detection of Bartonella tamiae, Coxiella burnetii and rickettsiae in arthropods and tissues from wild and domestic animals in northeastern Algeria
- Cedratvirus, a Double-Cork Structured Giant Virus, is a Distant Relative of Pithoviruses
- Identification of Algerian Field-Caught Phlebotomine Sand Fly Vectors by MALDI-TOF MS
- Standardization of sample homogenization for mosquito identification using an innovative proteomic tool based on protein profiling
- Molecular evidence of vector-borne pathogens in dogs and cats and their ectoparasites in Algiers, Algeria
- Seroprevalence of West Nile virus antibodies in equids in the North-East of Algeria and detection of virus circulation in 2014
- Plague in Arab Maghreb, 1940–2015: A Review
- Genomic Insights into a New Citrobacter koseri Strain Revealed Gene Exchanges with the Virulence-Associated Yersinia pestis pPCP1 Plasmid
- Competence of Cimex lectularius Bed Bugs for the Transmission of Bartonella quintana, the Agent of Trench Fever
- Detection of a novel Rickettsia sp. in soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) in Algeria
- Responses of artificially reared cat fleas C tenocephalides felis felis ( B ouché, 1835) to different mammalian bloods
- Identification of flea species using MALDI-TOF/MS
- Detection of Rickettsia felis, Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella Species and Yersinia pestis in Fleas (Siphonaptera) from Africa
- Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach
- Presence of Chlamydiales DNA in ticks and fleas suggests that ticks are carriers of Chlamydiae
- Acquisition and excretion of B artonella quintana by the cat flea, C tenocephalides felis felis
- Virus discovery in sandflies, from field studies to phylogenetic tree building: classic methods versus novel methods, what do we need to address public health impact?
- Evidence that clade A and clade B head lice live in sympatry and recombine in A lgeria
- Enzootic plague foci, Algeria
- Correction: The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Relapsing Fever Borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a Review of the Ornithodoros erraticus Complex (Acari: Ixodida)
- Update on Tick-Borne Rickettsioses around the World: a Geographic Approach
- The Epidemiology and Geographic Distribution of Relapsing Fever Borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a Review of the Ornithodoros erraticus Complex (Acari: Ixodida)
- Plague: History and contemporary analysis
- Rickettsia africae in Hyalomma dromedarii ticks from sub-Saharan Algeria
- Why Are There So Few Rickettsia conorii conorii-Infected Rhipicephalus sanguineus Ticks in the Wild?
- The first molecular detection of Rickettsia aeschlimannii in the ticks of camels from southern Algeria
- Vector-Borne Rickettsioses in North Africa
- Detection of a Knockdown Resistance Mutation Associated with Permethrin Resistance in the Body Louse Pediculus humanus corporis by Use of Melting Curve Analysis Genotyping
- Spotted fever group rickettsiae identified in Dermacentor marginatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks in Algeria
- Vectors of rickettsiae in Africa
- Molecular detection of Rickettsia and Borreliosis pathogens in the areas of Boumerdes and Tizi Ouzou (Algeria)
- A multi-gene analysis of diversity of bartonella detected in fleas from algeria
Publication venues
- Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases × 12
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases × 8
- New Microbes and New Infections × 7
- Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases × 6
- Viruses × 3
- Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports × 3
Publications per year
- 20266
- 20254
- 20244
- 20236
- 20229
- 202110
- 20208
- 20192
- 201812
- 20177
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes · Inserm · Institut Pasteur d'Algérie · University of Blida
Co-authors’ countries : France · Australia · United States · Brazil
Co-authors
- Tahar Kernif
- Ismail Lafri
- Hamza Leulmi
- Nacer Eddine Messahel
- Belkacem Baziz
- Aïssam Hachid
- Mohamed Lafri
- Ahmed Fayez Khardine
- Asma Amina Foughali
- Ahcène Hakem
- Nassima Mana
- Mohammed Hocine Benaissa
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