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Portrait | 2024.06.28
Mathieu Picardeau: tackling the trio of water, rats and leptospirosis
Mathieu Picardeau is Head of the Biology of Spirochetes Unit and the National Reference Center for Leptospirosis at the Institut Pasteur. Mathieu is warm, friendly and well-read, with a passion for contemporary art in his free time – but what really gets him excited is a very specific family of bacteria, some of which are fatal for humans. Despite his many responsibilities, he spends time in the...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever are infectious diseases that can be fatal if left untreated. They generally occur in regions with low standards of hygiene and particularly affect low- and middle-income countries. In France, 100 to 250 cases are reported every year among travelers or people from endemic areas (Africa, Asia and Latin America).
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Portrait | 2025.05.22
Guilherme Dias de Melo, exploring the mysteries of long COVID
The Brazilian-born scientist has devoted his career to exploring the links between viral infections and the brain. He specializes in neurotropic viruses and is working to elucidate the infectious mechanisms underpinning the SARS-CoV-2 and rabies viruses. With a transcontinental background, a passion for science and a coherent approach to research challenges, Guilherme Dias de Melo is driven by an...
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Document de presse | 2025.10.24
Study suggests two unsuspected pathogens struck Napoleon's army during the retreat from Russia in 1812
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have genetically analyzed the remains of former soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. They detected two pathogens, those responsible for paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, which correlate with the symptoms described in historical accounts. The study is published in the journal Current Biology on October 24, 2025.The famous Russian campaign led...
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Article | 2016.12.09
Tuition fees
Tuition fees vary according to the length of the course.2nd year Masters students from the Greater Paris universities (Université de Paris, Paris-Saclay and Sorbonne Université) attending courses covered by agreements with the Institut Pasteur and other students from these universities attending courses as part of a doctoral module are exempt from fees.The "Student" rate applies upon...
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News | 2025.12.10
Ten Years of Pasteur MOOCs: Sharing Science Differently
Since 2015, the digital education of the Institut Pasteur has been spreading science worldwide. Here’s a look back at a collective adventure that has already trained over 250,000 learners and transformed the way we share knowledge about infectious diseases.
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Document de presse | 2021.11.26
ComCor study: new results on places of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and analysis of the efficacy of messenger RNA vaccines against the Delta variant
From May 23 to August 13, 2021, the Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the French National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM), Santé publique France and the Ipsos institute, conducted the fourth part of the ComCor epidemiological study on circumstances and places of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in France. The aim of the study was to identify the socio-demographic factors, places visited and...
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Article | 2019.06.14
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News | 2020.04.14
COVID-19, chronicle of an expected pandemic / Exiting lockdown or the sum total of all dangers
Professor Philippe Sansonetti explains that a lockdown was needed because social distancing measures were not enough on their own. He goes on to outline the conditions that will be required for a future exit strategy – but makes it clear that this strategy will not signal the end of distancing measures. This article was written by Philippe Sansonetti and published on the website "La Vie des...
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Document de presse | 2013.12.18
Molecular marker discovered for detecting artemisinin-resistant forms of malaria
Scientists at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH) have identified a molecular marker for detecting malaria parasites with resistance to artemisinin derivatives (major components in antimalarial medicine or drug treatments currently recommended by the World...