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2017.03.29
Medical and veterinary entomology is a holistic science. Very early on in the history of human society, people became aware that there was a link between...
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2017.03.29
Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894), also known as the "tiger mosquito", originated in Southeast Asia. It can be recognized by the central line of white scales on...
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2017.03.27
Population growth and economic activity are factors that largely influence ecosystem changes. These changes can in turn have consequences for human populations...
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2017.03.14
The innate immune response provides an important natural defense system that protects the organism against various types of infectious threats. Innate lymphoid...
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2017.03.08
For the first time, a three-dimensional metagenomics experiment has been carried out on a mouse intestinal microbiota sample. This method quantifies and...
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2017.03.02
Zika virus infection is usually asymptomatic or mild. However, it can sometimes lead to an autoimmune disease called Guillain-Barré syndrome. In rare patients...
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2017.02.14
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and INRA have recently discovered in the pathogenic bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, responsible for listoriosis...
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2017.02.08
The Institut Pasteur in Paris recently acquired a new 800 MHz NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) instrument for biological research. This extremely powerful...
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2017.02.03
Given the immense complexity of brain organization, neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux has come up with a new research strategy that encourages a more...
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2017.02.02
On the African continent, diarrheal diseases are very frequent but their etiology is often unknown which does not allow an optimal care of the patients....