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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
Department of Global Health
The main objectives of the interdisciplinary Department of Global Health are to study infectious diseases and tackle the emergence of new pathogens.
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Article | 2017.01.04
Pasteur-Cnam-EHESP School of Public Health
The Institut Pasteur and the Cnam (National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts), in partnership with the EHESP (French School of Public Health), have combined their complementary expertise within the Pasteur-Cnam-EHESP School of Public Health to offer an Advanced Master degree - Mastère Spécialisé in Public Health.
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Article | 2017.06.19
Call For Projects Fiocruz - Institut Pasteur – USP
The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the Institut Pasteur and the University of São Paulo (USP) are launching a common call for projects. This call is also open to the members of the Pasteur Network.
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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...
