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2025.04.22
In early April 2025, a case of mpox was reported in the United Kingdom – and the patient had not been to Africa or come into contact with other infected...
Vidéo
2025.02.10
Dive into the heart of the trypanosome, the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness!
Transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly, this disease affects over 30...
Document de presse
2025.01.31
Guinea celebrates today the elimination of sleeping sickness (also known as human African trypanosomiasis or HAT) as a public health problem.
Despite health...
News
2024.12.19
In 1896, Charles Achard and Raoul Bensaude, both physicians within the Paris Public Hospital Network, identified an infection in patients presenting with...
Document de presse
2024.12.06
Scientists from the National Reference Center for Vibrios and Cholera at the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with the Centre hospitalier de Mayotte, have...
Report
2024.12.11
The first cases of mpox were observed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970, then spread to a number of other African countries. In the Central African...
News
2024.06.11
Strengthening Preparedness and response capacities: Mitigating Vector-Borne Diseases in a Globalized World
Since the end of the 20th century, the world has...
News
2022.03.22
Water is a fundamental resource supporting life and a core component of public health surveillance. Several "aquatic" diseases affect populations in which...
News
2021.12.14
Listeria monocytogenes is a major human foodborne pathogen, associated with one of the highest medical and economic burdens. In addition, L. monocytogenes is...
News
2021.11.17
Some cancers are caused by a viral infection. This is the case with Kaposi's sarcoma, a disease that manifests as skin lesions, but can also affect organs,...