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News | 2013.12.18
Molecular marker discovered for detecting artemisinin-resistant forms of malaria
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and Cambodia, CNRS and NIH have identified a molecular marker for detecting malaria parasites with resistance to artemisinin derivatives Un marqueur moléculaire permettant de détecter les parasites du paludisme résistants aux dérivés de l’artémisinine, constituants majeurs des traitements antipaludiques actuellement recommandés par l’OMS, a...
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Document de presse | 2021.06.24
Dengue: discovery of a new indicator for predicting disease severity
Dengue virus causes an average of 500,000 hemorrhagic cases annually, posing a threat to over 2.5 billion people throughout the world every year. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge and the Rockefeller University working in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur (CNRS joint laboratory) have revealed that the absence of a sugar known as fucose forming the structure of anti-dengue...
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News | 2017.05.10
Institut Pasteur in Cambodia: Tineke Cantaert awarded with a prestigious International Research scholarship
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has teamed up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to develop scientific talent around the world. Tineke Cantaert, a researcher working at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia is among the 41 international young researchers laureates of a scholarship awarded by a group of philanthropies....
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Article | 2020.06.16
Development of simple Covid-19 serological tools and targeted serosurvey of at-risk individuals
Aim: to develop simple serological tools that can be used to establish three tests: an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), an immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and multiplex microsphere-based immunoassays (MIAs – capable of detecting several targets). This research will pave the way for the serological investigation of at-risk individuals such as those working at animal markets, farmers...
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News | 2018.04.09
Avian flu: Cambodian markets under heavy surveillance
Celebrated every year in mid-April, Bon Chaul Chhnam, the Khmer New Year, is one of the most important festivals in Cambodia. For the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge Virology Unit, it is also a time of intense mobilization. Supported by the Cambodian National Animal Health and Production Research Insititute, the researchers pay frequent visits to the live poultry markets to monitor the circulation...
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Document de presse | 2021.12.01
Virus related to SARS-CoV-2 found in bats in Cambodia
What are the origins of SARS-CoV-2? This is the world’s most pressing scientific puzzle. Its pieces scattered throughout the world are currently being sought out by scientists. Their goal: to track down the culprit for the largest health crisis to hit the globe in the past century. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge have identified a coronavirus in...
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News | 2019.09.27
Rabies: a shorter, cheaper vaccination schedule following a suspected rabid dog bite
A study by teams from the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge and the Institut Pasteur in Paris confirms the efficacy of the new post-exposure rabies vaccination schedule developed in the Institut Pasteur International Network and adopted by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since 2018, WHO has recommended post-exposure vaccination for rabies, immediately after a bite by a suspected rabid...
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News | 2017.12.19
Strong increase in antibiotic resistance in Cambodia
Antibiotic resistance is considered by WHO to be "one of the most serious threats to global health, food security and development". In Cambodia, the misuse of antibiotics is a known phenomenon, but there is little data on microbial resistance in the absence of a surveillance system. A study by the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge assessed the frequency and characteristics of extended-spectrum beta-...
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News | 2019.01.02
Food contamination in Cambodia contributing to the burden of antibiotic resistance
As antibiotics efficacy is under real threat, the World Health Organization warns that "one day no antibiotics may be left to treat common bacterial infections". Infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are more difficult and expensive to treat, with a higher risk of treatment failure. Antibiotic resistance is particularly problematic in lower and middle-income countries (...
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Document de presse | 2012.03.11
DENFREE: flying towards the efficient control of dengue
Comfortably nested in the salivary glands of mosquitoes, the dengue virus moves around and infects everybody unlucky enough to be bitten. But on the wings of mosquitoes, it can’t possibly go very far and usually stays within a restricted community… unless it “changes vehicle” and travels further away thanks to the infected humans. Starting in January 2012, the Institut...