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Document de presse | 2023.12.06
Plasmodium vivax malaria: infections may be largely underestimated in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers from the Institut de Parasitologie et de Pathologie Tropicale at the University of Strasbourg and the Laboratoire de Parasitologie et de Mycologie Médicale at the Strasbourg University Hospital, in collaboration with King's College London, UK, the Institut Pasteur (Paris, France), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar and the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have revealed how...
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News | 2016.07.25
Health and Climate: Airborne dust and high temperatures are risk factors for invasive bacterial disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jean-Marc Collard (1) and Jean-François Jusot, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the results of a study demonstrating the association between meningitis and climate variations in sub- Saharan Africa.Conducted while they were stationed in CERMES (Niger) in collaboration with the National Directorate of Meteorological of Niger and the University of Liverpool, this study...
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Document de presse | 2018.08.22
Chronic malnutrition in children: a new gut microbial signature
Chronic malnutrition, usually associated with an inflammation of the small intestine, affects one in every four children under the age of five. It is the leading cause of child mortality in low-income countries and is also responsible for severe stunting. The Afribiota project, led by the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Institut Pasteur in Madagascar and the Institut Pasteur in Bangui, in...
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News | 2020.06.02
The hidden population of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella bacteria colonizing the human digestive tract
Klebsiella bacteria are responsible for some of the most antibiotic-resistant infections. A major study on intestinal colonization by Klebsiella has shed light on human carriage of these strains in the community (i.e. outside hospitals) in low-income countries. This study reveals that controlling Klebsiella carriage is a complex challenge.It is normal to find Klebsiella bacteria inhabiting the...
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News | 2020.12.18
Nine Young Researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network present at the 2020 PhD Student Ceremony
The 8th ceremony in honour of the young graduates who have completed their thesis at the Institut Pasteur during the academic year 2019-2020 was held on December 4th 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event took place in visio and thus allowed a greater number of young doctoral students from the Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN) to join this special event. This ceremony, like the...
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News | 2016.12.01
Hepatitis B may infect twice more African babies than HIV
The number of newborns infected with Hepatitis B may be twice as high as HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.While the risk of mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis B is well documented in Asia, data regarding the situation in Africa are still scarce. In an article published in the Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics journal, Epidemiologists from Institut Pasteur, Ecole Pasteur/CNAM de Santé...
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News | 2017.06.29
Viral hepatitis: the challenge of communication in Africa
WHO adopted in 2016 a global strategy to eliminate hepatitis B and C by 2030. On the basis of anthropological analyses conducted in multiple African countries, a group of researchers, including some from the Institut Pasteur, suggest that to achieve these goals it is essential to improve the communication about viral hepatitis. According to WHO, viral hepatitis caused 1.34 million deaths in...
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News | 2017.12.18
Five young researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network attended the 2017 PhD students' ceremony
Like every year since 2013, the Institut Pasteur organized on December 11th a ceremony in honor of the young graduates who defended their PhD thesis during the 2016-2017 academic year. The 2017 edition honored 34 young Pasteurian scientists, 5 of whom completed their thesis in an institution member of the Institut Pasteur International Network."We are pleased and proud to welcome these young...
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Document de presse | 2006.05.22
Origine and microevolution of the Chikungunya viruses responsible for the Indian Ocean outbreaks Complete sequencing of the genomes of 6 viral strains
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur have managed to retrace the origin and evolution of the Chikungunya virus in the Indian Ocean through complete sequencing of the genome of six viral strains isolated from patients from Reunion Island and the Seychelles, as well as through partial sequencing of the viral protein E1 from 127 patients from the Indian Ocean islands (Reunion,Madagascar, Seychelles,...
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Document de presse | 2005.01.10
SouthEast Asia: Institut Pasteur Mobilizes
In response to the risk of epidemics in the regions affected by the disaster, the Institut Pasteur, which is engaged in the battle against infectious diseases on a daily basis, has mobilized. The expert in charge of the Institut Pasteur Emergency Cell for Biological intervention (CIBU) is currently on a mission in Sri Lanka to participate in evaluating the risk of epidemics in this region. At the...