DOBIGNY G - cbgp

gauthier.dobigny@ird.fr

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Gauthier DOBIGNY

Research manager, IRD

Area(s)

Ecology and evolution of zoonoses

Collective responsibility(ies)

Co-leader of the IRD collective « Santé Environnement dans les Villes Africaines et Malgaches » (SEVAM)

Écologie des zoonoses associées aux micromammifères (ex. peste, leptospirose, typhus, hantaviroses) dans les socio-écosystèmes urbains africains et malagasy ; gestion des rongeurs dans les villes africaines et malagasy ; rôle des échanges internationaux dans la dissémination des rongeurs réservoirs de pathogènes humains.

Mes toutes dernières publications :

Adamjy T., Tchabi A., Gauthier P., Houéménou G., Goergen G., Gouriveau F., Badou S., Dossou H.J., Etougbétché J., Lokossou A., Missihoun A.A., Kindomissi M., Ouinsou F., Ali Mamam H., Bagan T., Faton L., Abosti Y., Akanni-Ediko R., Aikpon R., Akodogbo H., Dannon E., Corbel H., Dobigny G., 2024. Maritime trade and biological invasions management: a seaport platform of environmental surveillance in Cotonou, Benin, as a pilot multi-stakeholder initiative. Cities and the Environment, 17, 2, e1.
(https://doi.org/10.15365/cate.2024.170201).

Awoniyi A.M., Barreto A.M., Argibay H.D., Santana J.O., Palma F.A.G., Riviere-Cinnamond A., Dobigny G., Bertherat E., Ferguson L., Belmain S. & Costa F., 2024. Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports, 14, e4503. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)

Dalecky A., Sow I., Danzabarma A.A.I., Garba M., Etougbétché J., Badou S., Dossou H.J., Niang C.T., Diene O., Diallo I., Saghiri M.S.A., El Hady Sidatt M., van Steenbergen F., Bal A.B., Bosma L., Houéménou G., Ag Atteyine S., Hima K., Dobigny G. & Meheretu Y., 2024. From problem to progress: rodent management in agricultural settings of sub-Saharan Africa, and calling for an urban perspective. Crop Protection, 181 : e106673. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106673)

Danzabarma A.I., Hima K., Garba M., Issaka S., Dobigny G., 2025. Native-to-invasive rodent species turn-over within African cities: the example of Niamey, Niger. PLoS ONE, 20, 7, e0325427.
(https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325427)

Etougbétché J., Houéménou G., Missihoun A., Gauthier P., Dossou H.J., Galal L., Dalecky A., Diagne C.,Dobigny G., Mercier A., 2025. Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma lewisi infection in urban small mammals from Cotonou, Benin, with special emphasis on coinfection patterns. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 205, e9976509. (https://doi.org/10.1155/tbed/9976509)

Her R., Crespin L., Etougbétché J., Groud K., Gnolonfoun M., Chapron A., Evenamia C., Houéménou G., Lurier T., Cappelle J., Dobigny G. & Ayral F., 2024. Seroprevalence and renal carriage of pathogenic Leptospira in livestock in Cotonou, Benin. Veterinary Medical and Science, 10, e1430. (https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1430)

Parany M.N.J., Stenseth N.C., Rasoamalala F., Rahelinirina S., Rahajandraibe S., Andrianaivoarimanana V., Dobigny G., Gorgé O., Valade E., Fell H., Ramasindrazana B, Rajerison M., 2026. Plague in small mammals from an endemic focus of the Malagasy Central Highlands: a longitudinal survey with a special reference on black rats (Rattus rattus). Integrative Zoology, 21, 1, 37-47. (https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12944)

Mots-clés : écologie de la santé ; écologie urbaine ; zoonoses ; socio-écosystèmes urbains ; bidonvilles ; rongeurs ; Afrique ; Madagascar

Parany M.N.J., Stenseth N.C., Rasoamalala F., Rahelinirina S., Rahajandraibe S., Andrianaivoarimanana V., Dobigny G., Gorge O., Valade E., Fell H., Ramasindrazana B. & Rajerison M. 2026. Plague in small mammals from an endemic focus of the Malagasy Central Highlands: a longitudinal survey with a special reference on black rats (Rattus rattus). Integrative Zoology 21 : 37-47. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12944)

Etougbétché* J., Houéménou G., Missihoun A., Gauthier P., Dossou H.J., Lokman G., Dalecky A., Diagne A., Dobigny G. & Mercier A. 2025. Toxoplasma gondii and Trypanosoma lewisi infection in urban small mammals from Cotonou, Benin, with special emphasis on co-infection patterns. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 205 : e9976509. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1155/tbed/9976509)

Danzabarma* A.I., Hima K., Garba M., Issaka S. & Dobigny G. 2025. Native-to-invasive rodent species turn-over within African cities: The example of Niamey, Niger. PLoS ONE 20 : e0325427. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325427)

Her R., Crespin L., Etougbétché J., Groud K., Gnolonfoun M., Chapron A., Evenamia C., Houéménou G., Lurier T., Cappelle T., Dobigny G. & Ayral F. 2024. Seroprevalence and renal carriage of pathogenic Leptospira in livestock in Cotonou, Benin. Veterinary Medicine and Science 10 : e1430. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1430)

Dalecky A., Sow I., Danzabarma* A.A.I., Garba M., Etougbétché J., Badou S., Dossou H.-J., Niang C.T., Diene O., Diallo I., Saghiri M.S.A., Sidatt M.E.H., van Steenbergen F., Bal A.B., Bosma L., Houéménou G., Ag Atteynine S., Hima K., Dobigny G. & Meheretu Y. 2024. From problem to progress: Rodent management in agricultural settings of sub-Saharan Africa and calling for an urban perspective. Crop Protection 181 : e106673. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106673)

Badou* S., Missihoun A., Agbangla C., Gauthier P., Houéménou G., Dossou H.J., Etougbétché J., Adamjy* T., Tchabi A., Faton L., Hima K., Evenamia C., Diagne C., Besnard A., Dalecky A. & Dobigny G. 2024. Maritime international trade and bioinvasions: a three-year long survey of small mammals in Autonomous Port of Cotonou, Bénin. Journal of Applied Ecology 61 : 669-686. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14557)

Awoniyi A.M., Barreto A.M., Argibay H.D., Santana J.O., Palma F.A.G., Riviere-Cinnamond A., Dobigny G., Bertherat E., Ferguson L., Belmain S. & Costa F. 2024. Systematic surveillance tools to reduce rodent pests in disadvantaged urban areas can empower communities and improve public health. Scientific Reports 14 : e4503. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55203-5)

Adamjy* T., Tchabi A., Gauthier P., Houemenou G., Goergen G., Gouriveau F., Badou S., Dossou H.-J., Etougbetche J., Lokossou A., Missihoun A., Kindomissi M., Ouinsou F., Ali Mamam H., Bagan T.A., Faton L., Abotsi Y., Akanni-Ediko R., Aikpon R., Akodogbo H., Dannon E., Corbel H. & Dobigny G. 2024. Maritime trade and biological invasions management: a seaport platform of environmental surveillance in Cotonou, Benin, as a pilot multi-stakeholder initiative. Cities and the Environment 17 : . (https://dx.doi.org/10.15365/cate.2024.170201)

Diagne C., Ballesteros-Mejia L., Bodey T., Cuthbert R., Fantle-Lepczyk J., Angulo E., Bang A., Dobigny G. & Courchamp F. 2023. Economic costs of invasive rodents worldwide: the tip of the iceberg. PeerJ 11 : e14935. (https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14935)

Dalecky A., Garba M., Danzabarma* A.I., Etougbétché* J., Badou* S., Dossou* H.-J., Sow I., Niang C.T., Diene O., Diallo I., Saghiri M.S.A., Sidatt M.E.H., Van Steenbergen F., Bal A.B., Bosma L., Houéménou G., Atteynine S.A., Hima K., Dobigny G. & Meheretu Y. 2023. Prolifération de rongeurs dans les milieux urbains et agricoles d’Afrique subsaharienne. Le côté obscur des rodenticides chimiques de synthèse. Environnement, Risques & Santé 22 : 205-211. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1684/ers.2023.1731)