Marion Vittecoq

Theme: EcoHealth

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Joined our team: April 2014

Research interests and expertise

I study the dynamics of pathogenic agents at the interface of wildlife, livestock and poultry farms, and human populations. I earned my PhD in evolutionary biology in 2012 based on a three-year study on emerging diseases in Mediterranean wetlands in times of global change. I am currently developing a research project on the antibiotic resistant bacteria carried by wildlife. I am also currently studying the dynamics of fasciolosis in the Camargue, as well as trends in avian flu viruses in wetland networks. I also participate in many other projects, including a study on bird ticks, another one on different kinds of cancer in natural ecosystems, and one on monitoring toxoplasmosis.

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Current and past projects at the Tour du Valat

Video

An animation (in French) by my PhD student Émeline Sabourin, on the Great liver fluke cycle.

Publications

Find below the most recent publications of Marion Vittecoq, or see the full list on the Tour du Valat’s documentary web portal::

• On the need for integrating cancer into the One Health perspective
  de Antoine Dujon, Joel S. Brown, Delphine Destoumieux‐Garzón, Marion Vittecoq, Rodrigo Hamede, Aurelie Tasiemski, Justine Boutry, Sophie Tissot, Catherine Alix‐Panabieres, Pascal Pujol, et al. In Evolutionary Applications, 14(11) (November, 2021), 2571-2575 En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Recent pandemics have highlighted the urgency to connect disciplines ... read more
• Characterization and diversity of Babesia sp. YLG, a new member of the Peircei group infecting Mediterranean yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis)
  de Claire Bonsergent, Marion Vittecoq, Carole Leray, Louisiane Burkart, Karen D. McCoy, Laurence Malandrin In Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Online (October, 2021), 101852 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Avian infecting piroplasms are largely under-studied compared to other hemoparasites, and this paucity of information has blurred ... read more
• Evaluating Functional Dispersal in a Nest Ectoparasite and Its Eco-Epidemiological Implications
  de Amalia Rataud, Marlene Dupraz, Céline Toty, Thomas Blanchon, Marion Vittecoq, Remi Choquet, Karen D. McCoy In Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7 (October, 2020), 722 En ligne : www.frontiersin.org[...] Functional dispersal (between-site movement, with or without subsequent reproduction) is a key trait acting on ... read more
• Machine learning is a powerful tool to study the effect of cancer on species and ecosystems
  de Antoine M. Dujon, Marion Vittecoq, Georgina Bramwell, Frederic Thomas, Beata Ujvari In Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Online (August, 2021), 2041-210X.13703 En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Cancer is an understudied but important process in wildlife. Cancerous cells are proposed to have had significant effect ... read more
• Evidence for the existence of a new genus Chlamydiifrater gen. nov. inside the family Chlamydiaceae with two new species isolated from flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus): Chlamydiifrater phoenicopteri sp. nov. and Chlamydiifrater volucris sp. nov.
  de F. Vorimore, M. Hölzer, E. M. Liebler-Tenorio, L. -M. Barf, S. Delannoy, Marion Vittecoq, R. Wedlarski, A. Lécu, S. Scharf, Y. Blanchard, et al. In Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 44(4) (July, 2021), 15 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] The family Chlamydiaceae currently comprises a ... read more
• Determinants of Legacy POPs Levels in the European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Camargue Wetland, France
  de Louisiane Burkart, Anthony Olivier, Olivier Lourdais, Marion Vittecoq, Gabriel Blouin‐Demers, Fabrice Alliot, Clément Le Gac, Nicolas Martin, Aurélie Goutte In Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Online (May, 2021) En ligne : setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Many banned persistent organic pollutants (POPs) remain for decades in the aquatic environment and can have ... read more
• Reliability of animal counts and implications for the interpretation of trends
  de David Vallecillo, Michel Gauthier‐Clerc, Matthieu Guillemain, Marion Vittecoq, Philippe Vandewalle, Benjamin Roche, Jocelyn Champagnon In Ecology and Evolution, Online (January, 2021) En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Population time series analysis is an integral part of conservation biology in the current context of global changes. To quantify changes in ... read more
• Genetic diversity and relationships of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda) with native and introduced definitive and intermediate hosts
  de Antonio A. Vázquez, Emeline Sabourin, Pilar Alda, Clémentine Leroy, Carole Leray, Eric Carron, Stephen Mulero, Céline Caty, Sarah Hasfia, Michel Boisseau, et al. In Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Online (November, 2020) En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Fasciolosis is a worldwide spread parasitosis mainly caused by the trematode Fasciola ... read more
• Changes in Bacterial Diversity, Composition and Interactions During the Development of the Seabird Tick Ornithodoros maritimus (Argasidae)
  de Yann Gomard, Olivier Flores, Marion Vittecoq, Thomas Blanchon, Céline Toty, Olivier Duron, Patrick Mavingui, Pablo Tortosa, Karen D. McCoy In Microbial Ecology, Online (October, 2020) En ligne : doi.org[...] Characterising within-host microbial interactions is essential to understand the drivers that shape these interactions and their consequences for ... read more
• How effective are strategies to control the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in the environment? A systematic review
  de Anaïs Goulas, Drifa Belhadi, Alexandre Descamps, Antoine Andremont, Pierre Benoit, Sophie Courtois, Christophe Dagot, Nathalie Grall, David Makowski, Sylvie Nazaret, et al. In Environmental Evidence, 9(1) (February, 2020), 4 En ligne : doi.org[...] Antibiotic resistance is a major concern for public and environmental health. The role played ... read more