Sarah Hafsia
Research Assistant
Master of Science, Technology, and Health
hafsiasarah5@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-hafsia-75b577281Sarah joined the Malaria Atlas Project in May 2024, as a research assistant for the Global Malaria Epidemiology team. She is currently completing a PhD of Science, Technology, and Health with a specialization in medical entomology and microbiology at the University of Reunion Island. Her thesis subject is “Microbial multi-infection in mosquitoes: consequences in dengue transmission by Aedes albopictus in Reunion Island.”.
Education and Qualifications
- Master of Science, Technology, and Health - Specialization: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution
University of Montpellier, FRANCE — September 2016 to August 2018 - Bachelor of Life Sciences - Specialization: Ecology and Biology of Organisms
University of Poitiers, FRANCE — September 2013 to August 2015
University of Montpellier, FRANCE — September 2015 to August 2016
Publications
- Pascalis H, Biscornet L, Toty C, Hafsia S, Roche M, Desprès P, et al. Complete Genome Sequences of Dengue Virus Type 2 Epidemic Strains from Reunion Island and the Seychelles. Matthijnssens J, editor. Microbiol Resour Announc. January 23 2020;9(4). Available from: https://MRA.asm.org/content/9/4/e01443-19
- Wilkinson DA, Lebarbenchon C, Atyame C, Hafsia S, Jaffar-Bandjee MC, Yemadje-Menudier L, et al. Genomic insights into early SARS-CoV-2 strains isolated in Reunion Island. medRxiv; 2021 . Available from: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.21.21249623v1
- Hafsia S, Haramboure M, Wilkinson DA, Baldet T, Yemadje-Menudier L, Vincent M, et al. Overview of dengue outbreaks in the southwestern Indian Ocean and analysis of factors involved in the shift toward endemicity in Reunion Island: A systematic review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. July 28 2022;16(7):e0010547.
- De Santis O, Pothin E, Bouscaren N, Irish SR, Jaffar-Bandjee MC, Menudier L, Ramis J, Schultz C, Lamaurt F, Wisniak A, Bertolotti A, Hafsia S, Dussart P, Baril L, Mavingui P and Flahault A. Investigation of Dengue Infection in Asymptomatic Individuals during a Recent Outbreak in La Réunion. March 2023;15(3):742.
- Hafsia S, Barbar T, Wilkinson DA, Atyame C, Biscornet L, Bibi J, et al. Genetic characterization of dengue virus serotype 1 circulating in Reunion Island, 2019–2021, and the Seychelles, 2015–2016. BMC Infectious Diseases. May 5 2023;23(1):294.
- Gomard Y, Hafsia S, Lebon C, Rabarison P, Idaroussi A, Issouf A, Boussès P, Mavingui P, and Atyame C. Genetic diversity of endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia infecting two mosquito species of the genus Eretmapodites occurring in sympatry in the Comoros archipelago. Front Microbiol. March 27 2024 ;15. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1343917/full