Gomard Yann

Research Interests
(1) Studies on transmission of arborvirus.
(2) Hosts – pathogens associations and evolutions in the context of emergent infectious diseases.
(3) Investigation of pathogens from the wild fauna.

Education and Academic Appointments
               

• 2015 PhD in Biology, speciality of microbiology, University of La Réunion
• 2011 Master degree in Biodiversity of Tropical Ecosytems, University of La Réunion
• 2009 Bachelor degree in Biology of Organisms and Populations, University of La Réunion

Professional experiences

• Since 2017 Post doc on vector competence of mosquitoes for viruses, UMR PIMIT
• 2016 - 2017 Post of Temporary Assistant, Teaching and Research, Biology department of the University of La Réunion
• 2012-2015 PhD in Biology, University of La Réunion

Publications

2019.

Gomard Y, Lagadec E, Humeau L, Pinet P, Bureau S, Silva DD, Turpin M, Mattoir YS, Georger S, Mavingui P, Tortosa P. 2019. Feral cats do not play a major role in leptospirosis epidemiology on Reunion Island. Epidemiology & Infection 147.

Joffrin L, Goodman SM, Wilkinson DA, Ramasindrazana B, Lagadec E, Gomard Y, Le Minter G, Dos Santos A, Schoeman C, Sookhareea R, Tortosa P, Julienne S, Gudo E, Mavingui P, Lebarbenchon, C. 2019. Bat coronavirus phylogeography in the western Indian Ocean. bioRxiv. 2019; 742866. doi: 10.1101/742866

2018.

Gomard Y, Cornuault J, Licciardi S, Lagadec E, Belqat B, Dsouli N, Mavingui P, Tortosa P. 2018. Evidence of multiple colonizations as a driver of black fly diversification in an oceanic island. PLOS ONE 13:e0202015.

Dietrich M, Gomard Y, Lagadec E, Ramasindrazana B, Le Minter G, Guernier V, Benlali A, Rocamora G, Markotter W, Goodman SM, Dellagi K, Tortosa P. 2018. Biogeography of Leptospira in wild animal communities inhabiting the insular ecosystem of the western Indian Ocean islands and neighboring Africa. Emerg Microbes Infect 7:57.

2017.

Biscornet L, Dellagi K, Pagès F, Bibi J, Comarmond J de, Mélade J, Govinden G, Tirant M, Gomard Y, Guernier V, Lagadec E, Mélanie J, Rocamora G, Minter GL, Jaubert J, Mavingui P, Tortosa P. 2017. Human leptospirosis in Seychelles: A prospective study confirms the heavy burden of the disease but suggests that rats are not the main reservoir. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 11:e0005831.

Lebarbenchon C, Ramasindrazana B, Joffrin L, Bos S, Lagadec E, Le Minter G, Gomard Y, Tortosa P, Wilkinson DA, Goodman SM, Mavingui P. 2017. Astroviruses in bats, Madagascar. Emerg Microbes Infect 6:e58.

Ramasindrazana B, Goodman SM, Gomard Y, Dick C.W and Tortosa P. 2017. Hidden diversity of Nycteribiidae (Diptera) bat flies from the Malagasy region and insights on host- parasite interactions. Parasites & Vectors; 10:630.

2016.

Gomard Y, Dietrich M, Wieseke N, Ramasindrazana B, Lagadec E, Goodman SM, Dellagi K, Tortosa P. 2016. Malagasy bats shelter a considerable genetic diversity of pathogenic Leptospira suggesting notable host-specificity patterns. FEMS Microbiol Ecol.

Guernier V, Lagadec E, Cordonin C, Minter GL, Gomard Y, Pagès F, Jaffar-Bandjee M-C, Michault A, Tortosa P, Dellagi K. 2016. Human Leptospirosis on Reunion Island, Indian Ocean: Are Rodents the (Only) Ones to Blame? PLOS Negl Trop Dis 10:e0004733.

Lagadec E, Gomard Y, Minter GL, Cordonin C, Cardinale E, Ramasindrazana B, Dietrich M, Goodman SM, Tortosa P, Dellagi K. 2016. Identification of Tenrec ecaudatus, a Wild Mammal Introduced to Mayotte Island, as a Reservoir of the Newly Identified Human Pathogenic Leptospira mayottensis. PLOS Negl Trop Dis 10:e0004933.

Mélade J, Wieseke N, Ramazindrazana B, Flores O, Lagadec E, Gomard Y, Goodman S.M, Dellagi K and Pascalis H. 2016.An eco - epidemiological study of Morbilli-related paramyxovirus infection in Madagascar bats reveals host-switching as the dominant macro- evolutionary mechanism. Scientific Reports; 6:23752.

Wilkinson DA, Duron O, Cordonin C, Gomard Y, Ramasindrazana B, Mavingui P, Goodman SM, Tortosa P. 2016. The bacteriome of bat flies (Nycteribiidae) from the Malagasy region: a community shaped by host ecology, bacterial transmission mode, and host-vector specificity. Appl Environ Microbiol.

2015.

Pagès F, Larrieu S, Simoes J, Lenabat P, Kurtkowiak B, Guernier V, LE Minter G, Lagadec E, Gomard Y, Michault A, Jaffar-Bandjee MC, Dellagi K, Picardeau M, Tortosa P, Filleul L. 2015. Investigation of a leptospirosis outbreak in triathlon participants, Réunion Island, 2013. Epidemiol Infect 1–9.

20.14

Gomard Y, Silai R, Hoarau G, Bon K, Gonneau F, Yssouf A, Michault A, Dellagi K, Tortosa P. 2014. Serologic Evidence of Leptospirosis in Humans, Union of the Comoros, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis 20:720–722.

Larsen P. A, Hayes C. E, Wilkins M. A, Gomard Y, Sookhareea R, Yoder A. D, and Goodman S. M.  2014Population Genetics of the Mauritian Flying Fox, Pteropus niger. Acta Chiropterologica; 16:293–300.

2013.

Tortosa P, Dsouli N, Gomard Y, Ramasindrazana B, Dick  C.W and Goodman S.M. 2013. Evolutionary History of Indian Ocean Nycteribiid Bat Flies Mirroring the Ecology of Their Hosts. PLoS ONE; 8:e75215. 

2012.

Lagadec E, Gomard Y, Guernier V, Dietrich M, Pascalis H, Temmam S,  Ramasindrazana B, Goodman S.M, Tortosa P and Dellagi K. 2012. Pathogenic Leptospira  spp. in Bats, Madagascar and Union of the Comoros. Emerg Infect Dis; 18:1696–8.