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2026.08.05
Urinary tract infections are the most common infections in the world. Two bacteria are mainly involved: Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Why is...
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2026.06.19
Updated on July 17, 2026Two months after the official declaration of the outbreak, the situation has worsened considerably. As of July 15, 2026, the WHO has...
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2026.06.18
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A particularly sneaky parasite — Plasmodium vivax can lie dormant in the liver for weeks or months before triggering a relapse.
Research...
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2026.05.26
The team led by Chiara Zurzolo in the Membrane Traffic and Pathogenesis Unit at the Institut Pasteur recently published a study in Nature Communications that...
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2026.05.26
#1- How many species of ticks are there in the world, and how many in France?
Ticks are arachnids (like spiders or scorpions) belonging to the subclass Acari...
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2026.05.12
**Updated on May 22, 2026.**
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Hantaviruses comprise a large number of viruses whose...
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2026.05.05
In the twenty years since the tiger mosquito was first reported in mainland France in 2004, it has conquered four-fifths of the country. How has it been able...
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2026.01.08
Alzheimer's disease affects nearly 1.4 million people in France and remains one of the most feared diseases of old age. Among its first signs: disruption of...
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2025.11.12
This article was updated on August 5, 2026
#1 - What is behind the current resurgence in measles?
Insufficient vaccine coverage.
At the end of April 2025,...
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2025.11.06
Phages, or bacteriophages, are viruses that infect bacteria and play a central role in the dynamics, evolution and adaptation of microbial communities....