Sentinels tracking viruses in various ecosystems: Towards a One Health approach

Léo Blondet; Amour Mouanda Sounda; Matthieu Fritz; Denis Filloux; Michel Yvon; Stéphane Blanc; Arvind Varsani; Roch Fabien Niama; Eric M. Leroy; Philippe Roumagnac

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1013141

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Sentinels tracking viruses in various ecosystems: Towards a One Health approach

Léo Blondet ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Léo Blondet, Amour Mouanda Sounda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIRAD, UMR PHIM, Montpellier, France, PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Amour Mouanda Sounda ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Léo Blondet, Amour Mouanda Sounda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, UMR TransVIHMI, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Inserm, Montpellier, France, Laboratoire National de Santé Publique, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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Matthieu Fritz,

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UMR TransVIHMI, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Inserm, Montpellier, France
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Denis Filloux,

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CIRAD, UMR PHIM, Montpellier, France, PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Michel Yvon,

Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Stéphane Blanc,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Arvind Varsani,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Structural Biology Research Unit, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
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Roch Fabien Niama,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, Laboratoire National de Santé Publique, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
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Eric M. Leroy ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eric.leroy@ird.fr (EML); philippe.roumagnac@cirad.fr (PR)

Affiliation UMR TransVIHMI, Université de Montpellier, IRD, Inserm, Montpellier, France

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-0890

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Philippe Roumagnac

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: eric.leroy@ird.fr (EML); philippe.roumagnac@cirad.fr (PR)

Affiliations CIRAD, UMR PHIM, Montpellier, France, PHIM Plant Health Institute, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Institut Agro, IRD, Montpellier, France

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-6039

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Sentinels tracking viruses in various ecosystems: Towards a One Health approach

Léo Blondet,
Amour Mouanda Sounda,
Matthieu Fritz,
Denis Filloux,
Michel Yvon,
Stéphane Blanc,
Arvind Varsani,
Roch Fabien Niama,
Eric M. Leroy,
Philippe Roumagnac

Published: May 28, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013141

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