Chikungunya
News
2025.07.11
Of the multiple mosquito species encountered globally, some act as vectors transmitting infectious diseases to humans throughout the world. Almost 3,500...
News
2025.07.10
Update on chikungunya in mainland France in summer 2025
Several locally acquired cases of chikungunya have been detected in mainland France since the...
Vidéo
2025.05.20
Why do mosquito bites itch so much?
Jeanne Fenouil, science writer at the Institut Pasteur, explains all about these fearsome little insects.
During...
News
2024.07.02
Climate change, globalization and the movement of people and animals are increasing the risk of these so-called "vector-borne" diseases, which are usually...
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
2023.05.04
The tiger mosquito can now be found in 71 French départements. The General Directorate of Health, which monitors its presence throughout France annually,...
News
2023.05.04
As the summer season approaches, the question of the effects of climate on pathogen transmission by mosquitoes inevitably arises. Scientists therefore...
News
2023.06.06
The tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is known to serve as the vector for several viruses that are pathogenic for humans. In mainland France, it was...
News
2023.01.12
Dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika – these are all names of diseases that we have learned to fear, but we don't always understand how they might be...
Portrait
2024.03.05
When Carla Saleh arrived in France from Argentina aged 25 as a young scientist, she didn't speak a word of French. She now leads her own research unit at the...