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News | 2018.04.17
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes’ gut microbiota is environmentally determined
For many years, microbiota – all the microorganisms that colonize a host - has been the subject of intensive research in many multicellular organisms. The mosquito Aedes aegypti vector of pathogens responsible for diseases such as dengue or yellow fever, is no exception to this rule. Recent scientific work has shown that the bacteria colonizing the mosquitoe’s digestive tract play a role in their...
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News | 2018.10.30
Zika virus in the Pacific : the influence of the geographical context on an outbreak’s emergence
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a flavivirus transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. ZIKV is divided into two phylogenetic lineages: African and Asian. In New Caledonia, the complex interactions between humans, mosquitoes and the virus led to a important outbreak in 2014.In 2013, the Zika virus emerged in French Polynesia and more than 1,500 cases were identified the following year in New Caledonia....
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News | 2020.12.18
Nine Young Researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network present at the 2020 PhD Student Ceremony
The 8th ceremony in honour of the young graduates who have completed their thesis at the Institut Pasteur during the academic year 2019-2020 was held on December 4th 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event took place in visio and thus allowed a greater number of young doctoral students from the Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN) to join this special event. This ceremony, like the...
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Document de presse | 2025.03.17
Hepatitis B: new rapid diagnostic test to halt mother-to-child transmission
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Kumamoto University in Japan, have assessed a new rapid diagnostic test to identify pregnant women at elevated risk of transmitting hepatitis B to their babies. This diagnostic tool could help eliminate hepatitis B by preventing mother-to-child transmission during childbirth, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Hepatitis B is...
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Document de presse | 2013.09.10
A simple in vitro test to bring surveillance of artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites to scale
A fruitful international cooperation, scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed the first in vitro test adapted to field conditions in malaria-endemic areas for the study of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (the parasite responsible for severe cases of malaria). Artemisinin is a major component...
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News | 2016.02.14
Birdy: assessing the impact of resistant bacterial infections in young children
The research program BIRDY is focused on bacterial infections, including resistant, in small children. On the occasion of the publication in The Lancet of a correspondence calling for accelerated efforts in research and public health in the fight against neonatal bacterial infection and antibiotic resistance in low-income countries, Dr. Awa Ndir, epidemiologist at the ...
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Article | 2018.01.30
Perilic project: Studying the protection of pertussis vaccination
A unique study on whooping cough (pertussis), in three regions of the world, estimates the duration of protection from the various vaccinations against pertussis.
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Document de presse | 2019.12.16
A new breakthrough in developing effective antimalarial drugs
Parasites in the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria, are transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. The parasites manage to acclimatize to these two completely different hosts because the plasticity of their genome enables them to adapt as necessary. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS decided to investigate the epigenetic mechanisms behind this plasticity, in...
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News | 2022.06.14
A New Drug Target against Malaria
Malaria is a disease that continues to cause tremendous suffering and mortality in the tropics. This disease is caused by Plasmodium parasites. The species Plasmodium falciparum causes the severest and most deadly form of malaria. Scientists from Institut Pasteur studied the blood stage of the parasites and found a mechanism which could lead to new and efficient drugs against Malaria.Despite...
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Document de presse | 2022.06.20
How to improve the care of childhood encephalitis in South-East Asia
Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain tissue that affects children and adults, especially in South-East Asia. Researchers and physicians involved in the "South-East Asia encephalitis" (SEAe) project, coordinated by the Institut Pasteur in collaboration with the Pasteur Network, have demonstrated the importance of prevention as well as rapid and appropriate diagnosis and treatment of...