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Institut Pasteur dans le monde | 2016.12.08
Institut Pasteur in Laos
Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Document de presse | 2012.01.22
Launching of the Institut Pasteur in Laos
Today, Monday January 23, 2012, in Vientiane the launch of the Institut Pasteur in Laos was officiated by the Lao Minister of Public Health, professor Som Ock Kingsadat and the President of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, professor Alice Dautry. This is the Institut Pasteur International Network’s 32nd institute. The new research center for infectious and parasitic diseases aims to reduce...
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News | 2019.07.01
Successful second international medical entomology course in Vientiane, Laos
The second international medical entomology course took place in Vientiane, at the Institut Pasteur du Laos, for two weeks from June 10 to 22, 2019. The course is funded by the Pasteur International Network Association and held on an alternating basis with the Insect Vectors and Transmission of Pathogenic Agents (IVTPA) course at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. The next IVTPA course will take...
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News | 2021.08.13
Low number of COVID-19 cases in Lao PTR: a seroprevalence study to confirm this figure
In 2020 when many countries around the world struggled with a large burden of COVID-19 cases, the Lao PDR stood out as a country with low reported numbers of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Was it due to a low circulation of the virus or to an inadequate surveillance system? To answer this question, a seroprevalence study has been conducted by Institut Pasteur du Laos, in collaboration with Institut...
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Document de presse | 2022.02.16
SARS-CoV-2-related viruses capable of infecting human cells discovered in bats in northern Laos
Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, several animal species have been studied to identify potential reservoirs and/or intermediate hosts of the virus. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur du Laos and the National University of Laos recently set out to shed light on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and explore the potential presence of SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in the natural environment by...
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Article | 2020.06.16
Monitoring the origins and transmission/spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Laos and Vietnam: searching for SARS-like viruses and detecting antibodies in vertebrates
Collaborative project between the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Institut Pasteur du Laos and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Vietnam.Aims: - to search for other SARS-like coronaviruses in various vertebrates and arthropods.A metagenomic analysis will be carried out using next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies on selected samples.- to detect past coronavirus...
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News | 2023.03.22
The origins of SARS-CoV-2: the search goes on
Where did SARS-CoV-2 come from? How did this virus enter the human population? These questions still remain unanswered. In June 2022, a group of experts, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), published a report on the origin of coronavirus but was unable to draw a definitive conclusion. Since then, research has...
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News | 2018.11.16
Moritoshi Iwagami Wins the 2018 Robert Deschiens Prize
Professor Yves Buisson, President of the Exotic Pathologies Society, presented the Robert Deschiens Prize to Dr. Moritoshi Iwagami at the 4th annual Institut Pasteur International Symposium. Iwagami was honored for his research on Plasmodium falciparum’s resistance to artemisinin in Laos.A specialist in population genetics of Plasmodium and certain helminths, Dr. Iwagami took up his appointment...
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News | 2014.09.23
Signing of a technical agreement with Myanmar within the framework of the SEAe program
On September 17th, 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar, the Institut Pasteur, the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the National Health Laboratory, and the national Health authorities of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement for the implementation of the project entitled “The threat of infectious encephalitis in Southeast Asia: Capacity building for a better...
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News | 2017.03.27
Health and environment: Institut Pasteur and AFD commit to a new program
Population growth and economic activity are factors that largely influence ecosystem changes. These changes can in turn have consequences for human populations, particularly their health.Between 2013 and 2016, the ECOMORE (ECOnomic Development, ECOsystem MOdifications, Emerging Infectious Diseases Risk Evaluation) project, financed by the French Agences Development (AFD) and implemented by the...