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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Aspergillosis
Aspergillosis is a term that refers to any infection caused by fungus (mold) belonging to the genus Aspergillus, whose spores are present in the air and breathed in by people every day. While Aspergillus is entirely harmless for most individuals, the spores can cause various forms of mycosis. The species Aspergillus fumigatus is responsible for more than 80% of human cases of aspergillosis.
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Sepsis / Septicemia
Sepsis is the term used internationally to describe a widespread inflammatory response that occurs as a result of severe infection. Septicemia, the term coined in 1837 by French doctor Pierre Piorry from the Greek words "σήψις" (sêptikós), putrefaction, and "αίμα" (haîma), blood, refers to the presence of bacteria (or fungi or viruses) in the blood. Sepsis primarily affects people with weak...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Whooping cough (pertussis)
Whooping cough, long thought of as a childhood illness, can be severe at any age. This bacterial infection is particularly dangerous, and sometimes even fatal, for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated infants and at-risk individuals such as pregnant women and elderly people.
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Page avancée | 2016.09.19
Pasteur courses old
Due to the exceptional circumstances of the Covid-19 health crisis,we are obliged to cancel all Pasteur courses until July 2020 (included).Registrations for Pasteur courses from September 2020 will be open in few days.We apologize for this rescheduling and are waiting for you in our Education Center at the start of the 2020 academic year.With sessions on theory and hands-on practicals, the...
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Article | 2016.12.20
Cell Biology and Infection
The work of the Department of Cell Biology and Infection is focused on elucidating the workings of cells – the basic building blocks of all living beings –, to gain a greater understanding of how they behave in the presence of microbes or diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The teams in the research department pursue an integrative approach that combines expertise in...
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Fiche maladie | 2017.09.28
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease of major global importance to public health, with more than 10 million cases and 1.4 million deaths occurring annually. The synergy between TB and HIV and the emergence of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Koch's bacillus) with multiple resistance to antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents are worsening the impact of this disease; according to the...
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Fiche maladie | 2018.12.05
Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis is the most common severe hereditary genetic disease in the Caucasian population. It is an autosomal recessive inherited disease of the CFTR gene. This fatal condition is characterized by respiratory impairment that affects approximately one in every 2,500 births in Europe and North America. Although the life expectancy of affected individuals has risen considerably since the...
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CNR/CCOMS | 2019.11.07
Legal Documents CRBIP
For humanCSPCode de la santé publique, articles L 1121-1 et suivants (loi) et R 1121-1 et suivants (règlements). - Noter : sur Légifrance, visualiser le texte du CSP en vérifiant la date de vigueur (« texte en vigueur à (telle date) ») qui peut être modifiée pour voir l'état du droit à telle date passée ou à venir.(Noter : Lorsqu'elle est « codifiée », i.e. tronsformée en articles d'un code - ici...
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Fiche maladie | 2020.01.21
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 virus)
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, discovered in December 2019 in the province of Wuhan in China, is responsible for COVID-19. This highly contagious emerging infectious disease spreads by airborne transmission and surface contamination. Although COVID-19 can be asymptomatic, it can also cause a variety of symptoms, including severe respiratory distress that may prove fatal. Vaccination and basic health...
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Document de presse | 2020.01.31
Institut Pasteur isolates strains of coronavirus 2019-nCoV detected in France
As well as sequencing the whole genome of coronavirus 2019-nCoV, the Institut Pasteur continued to work on the samples taken from the first confirmed cases. The quality of these initial samples enabled rapid cell-culture isolation of the new virus. The Institut Pasteur's scientists now have access to the virus responsible for the infection. The isolation of the virus paves the way for new...
