Sleeping sickness
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
2023.09.04
The brain is a complex organ with a surprising ability to adapt. The plasticity of synapses in particular allows neuron assemblies to modulate their functions...
News
2023.03.03
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On February 3, 23 curious visitors embarked on a unique tour of the Institut Pasteur, led by teams...
News
2020.07.09
Diagnosis of sleeping sickness, a neglected tropical disease caused by African trypanosomes, relies on the detection of parasites in blood. Following their...
News
2020.07.09
The African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a parasite responsible for chronic Human African Trypanosomiasis, more commonly known as sleeping...
Portrait
2020.01.30
Jean-Philippe Chippaux is a hands-on guy. Throughout his career, he has contributed to the prevention and treatment of several neglected tropical diseases in a...
News
2019.07.17
On July 4, the Institut Pasteur, an internationally renowned center for biomedical research and a French non-profit foundation specialized in infectious...
News
2018.11.30
Cilia and flagella – cellular projections attached to the membrane – are involved in numerous processes, for example sensory signal reception or cell movement...