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2017.01.12
In December 2015 a yellow fever epidemic broke out in Angola, subsequently giving rise to 7,300 suspected cases and nearly 400 deaths. A group of scientists...
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2016.09.22
Since the first cases of infection were identified in Brazil, in May 2015, the Zika virus has spread to over 46 countries in America. Several hypothesis are...
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2016.03.04
The Institut Pasteur's Arboviruses and Insect Vectors Unit, led by Anna-Bella Failloux, working in cooperation with the Institut Pasteur International Network...
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2016.04.28
Bacterial genomes generally contain a single chromosome and one or more extrachromosal elements such as plasmids. The initiation of bacterial chromosome...
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2016.05.19
Although several Listeria strains can cause listeriosis, some are particularly virulent. This is because they secrete a toxin that damages the intestinal...
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2016.07.07
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have identified two new strains of the HTLV-4 virus in two hunters who were bitten by gorillas in Gabon....
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2016.11.16
On November 11 in Conakry, the President of the Republic of Guinea, His Excellency Professor Alpha Condé, laid the first stone of the Institut Pasteur in...
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2016.10.10
By investigating the genome sequence of an international collection of strains of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, two Institut Pasteur scientists, Sylvain...
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2016.11.08
An international coalition of scientists* involving teams from the Institut Pasteur, has revealed that adaptive mutations to the Ebola virus occurred during...
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2016.11.10
The mosquito-borne disease chikungunya seems to spread from infections centered in and around the home, with women much more likely to become infected. This...