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2019.10.15
The Yersinia genus covers a vast range of bacteria that are distinguished by criteria such as whether or not they are able to cause disease (their...
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2019.05.13
On the occasion of the high-level meeting showcasing 130 years of Science at the Institut Pasteur, the Genes & Immunity Journal published a special issue...
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2018.12.18
Entomology, the study of insects, is a long-standing tradition at the Institut Pasteur. Institut Pasteur scientist Alphonse Laveran was the first to describe...
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2018.04.12
Listeria costaricensis is the official name given to the new bacterial species described by investigators from the Costa Rican Institute of Technology (TEC)...
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2017.11.30
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have retrospectively identified early cases of Salmonella resistance to ampicillin, a broad-spectrum antibiotic that is...
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2017.11.22
An outbreak of pneumonic plague has been ongoing in Madagascar for several weeks. As indicated on the World Health Organization (WHO) website, "based on the...
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2017.10.09
Swiss-born Alexandre Yersin joined the Institut Pasteur in 1885 aged just 22 and worked under Émile Roux. He discovered the plague bacillus in Hong Kong. A...
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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....