Didier Raoult

About Didier Raoult

France’s most-published researcher, with over 2,000 indexed publications to date, Didier is a specialist in infectious and tropical diseases. A professor at Marseille School of Medicine and director of the clinical microbiology laboratory for the university hospitals, Didier founded the Rickettsia Unit at his home university, which later became the National Rickettsia Reference Center and a World Health Organization collaborative center. He also co-founded ESCCAR, the European Study Group on Chlamydiales, Coxiella, Anaplasma, Rickettsia and other intracellular bacteria.