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Document de presse | 2025.06.04
Vigilance and targeted public health measures are essential in the face of the diphtheria epidemic that has affected vulnerable populations in Western Europe since 2022
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) reveals that the largest diphtheria epidemic in Western Europe for 70 years, which broke out in 2022 among migrants and in 2023 spread to other vulnerable populations in several European countries, is the result of contaminations occurring during migratory travel or in destination European countries, and not in the countries of...
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News | 2025.04.22
Tecovirimat is an effective treatment for mpox, in cells culture
The antiviral drug tecovirimat is frequently used to treat mpox. But is it really effective, especially against the new, more pathogenic strain of the virus that has been in circulation since 2024? A study by the Institut Pasteur, recently published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases (1), concludes that it is.
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Article | 2017.08.08
Vaccines available at the Medical Center
Make sure you bring along your health booklet (carnet de santé) or immunization record (carnet de vaccinations) if you have one.For children, no vaccinations can be administered without:the written permission of their parents or legal guardian;an identity document belonging to their parents or legal guardian.CHICKENPOX(NOT AVAILABLE) RecommendationsAdolescents aged between 12 and 18 who have...
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Document de presse | 2015.07.10
The role of the microbiota in preventing allergies
The human body is inhabited by billions of symbiotic bacteria, carrying a diversity that is unique to each individual. The microbiota is involved in many mechanisms, including digestion, vitamin synthesis and host defense. It is well established that a loss of bacterial symbionts promotes the development of allergies. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur have succeeded in explaining this phenomenon...
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Document de presse | 2014.02.04
Genomics challenges long-held beliefs surrounding the role of agriculture in African history
An extensive genomic study of pygmy hunter-gatherer populations and agricultural village communities, conducted in Central Africa by scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), in collaboration with the French National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), the University of Montreal and the University of Lyon 2, challenges the established...
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Document de presse | 2009.12.10
Malaria: a beneficial genetic mutation in South-East Asia
A large-scale evolutionary and epidemiological genetic study carried out over an eight-year period in Thailand has enabled Institut Pasteur and CNRS researchers to demonstrate that a mutation that is particularly widespread in some South-East Asian populations offers a higher level of resistance to malaria. This research, published in the December 11 issue of the journal Science, also reveals...
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Document de presse | 2007.04.09
AIDS: the cells that stop the virus
Rare individuals infected by the AIDS virus control the infection and do not develop the disease, in spite of more than ten years of being HIV positive and in the absence of treatment. A team from the Institut Pasteur and a team from Inserm U802, in collaboration with clinicians from Bicêtre Hospital, have just explained how these individuals succeed in controlling HIV. Their study, conducted...
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Document de presse | 2007.03.19
Researchers sound the alarm:
Could multidrug resistance become widespread among strains of the plague bacillus? The study of a fragment of mobile DNA conferring to Yersinia pestis resistance against numerous antibiotics has shown that similar elements are present in bacteria found in food products in recent years in the United States, raising fears among researchers from the Institut Pasteur and The Institute for Genomic...
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Document de presse | 2007.02.21
Aquatic Predator Insect Saliva May Protect Against Buruli Ulcer
Buruli ulcer is a necrotizing skin disease that is very disabling, caused by bacteria that inhabit aquatic environment. It is rife in several regions of the world and is developing at a disturbing rate in West Africa. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, working together with university and institute teams from the Institut Pasteur International Network, recently proved that the...
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Document de presse | 2006.10.25
Pertussis is still with us!
Whooping cough or pertussis is still the primary cause of death by bacterial infection in infants less than two months old, in France despite general vaccination. The endemicity of this infection is observed in many vaccinated countries. The agent of the disease, a bacterium, was isolated by the Pasteur scientist, Jules Bordet(1) in 1906. For this centenial, the Institut Pasteur is co-organising...