Virus hunt!

A race against time... to stay ahead of epidemics!

Chloé Baum, an engineer at the Institut Pasteur, shows us how hand-held technology can identify viruses like Ebola in just a few hours.

Thanks to genomic sequencing, researchers can read the DNA of viruses, spot their mutations and act before they spread. In French Guiana, New Caledonia or in laboratory trucks, the Pasteur Network tracks epidemics as close as possible to the field.

As a result, what used to take weeks can now be done in a matter of hours. A crucial step forward in preventing health crises!

(video in french, English subtitles available)