Chikungunya
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2020.05.26
In early May 2020, the French health authorities placed 58 of the country's départements on "red alert" in their map showing the spread of the tiger mosquito...
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2020.02.27
All travelers can come into contact with health risks that are completely different from those they generally encounter on a daily basis. So it is vital to...
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2019.11.25
Researchers from the Institut Pasteur (Paris) have described the vector competence of the mosquito Aedes albopictus from south of France to different genotypes...
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2019.11.04
For the first time in mainland France, people have contracted the Zika virus. Unlike "imported" cases of the disease, reported by people returning from a trip...
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2019.10.02
There is currently no vaccine for the Lassa arenavirus, which causes Lassa fever. This hemorrhagic fever, endemic in West Africa, infects up to 300,000 people...
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2018.10.04
Close to 70 different nationalities work alongside each other on the Institut Pasteur's Paris campus, and Anna-Bella has come all the way from Tahiti. She was...
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2019.07.12
The first mosquitoes carrying Wolbachia, bacteria that prevent them from transmitting arboviruses (including dengue, Zika and chikungunya), were released on...
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2019.06.04
The Institut Pasteur in Paris has opened a vast new insectarium for rearing mosquitoes with the potential to transmit arboviruses – viruses transmitted between...
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2019.05.14
On April 26, the French Ministry of Health updated its map showing distribution of the tiger mosquito in France. In total, 51 French départements are on "red...
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2019.03.06
At the end of her visit to French Guiana, Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health, visited the vectopole of the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane on Friday...