Yellow fever
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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...
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2025.05.08
Since 2022, the world has been grappling with a severe epizootic of avian influenza, affecting birds and sometimes also farmed mammals, primarily caused by...
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2025.04.07
Measles explodes in 2025: what do we do?
Nearly 200 cases in France this year, twice as many as last year! This ultra-contagious virus infects the respiratory...
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2025.04.04
Meningitis: warning signs!
200 cases in France since January? Yes, but... This figure concerns invasive meningococcal infections, a 25-year record. But not all...
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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...
Vidéo
2025.02.04
Bronchiolitis, a respiratory infection affecting infants, is caused in 60-80% of cases by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It begins as a cold with...
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2024.12.19
In 1896, Charles Achard and Raoul Bensaude, both physicians within the Paris Public Hospital Network, identified an infection in patients presenting with...
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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...
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2024.06.25
The Institut Pasteur, an independent, non-profit international research institute, is the world leader in the research of viruses and micro-organisms, as...
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2022.07.11
In particular, the year 2021 was again marked by the COVID-19 epidemic. Over the years 2020 and 2021, this represents more than 200 scientific publications...