1. Article | 2020.06.16

   Household transmission investigation study for SARS in overseas territories

   Aim: EPI-COVID-19, a research project in epidemiology to study intra-household transmission around cases of Covid-19 confirmed in French Guiana.The EPI-COVID study, covering 250 households (150 in French Guiana, 50 in Guadeloupe and 50 in New Caledonia), should make it possible to investigate the secondary infection rate, the speed of spread of the virus, the proportion of asymptomatic cases...

2. Article | 2020.06.16

   Covid-19 risk evaluation among the household contacts of the first cases in Africa

   Aim: Once the first Covid-19 cases will be identified, the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 will be related with the level of the transmission risk. This study aims to obtain an early understanding of key epidemiological characteristics in the family contacts in different African countries of the IPIN to inform decision makers about the potential spread and impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the closest...

3. News | 2020.06.16

   Novel neurotropic arbovirus identified in France: the Umbre virus

   The Institut Pasteur's Pathogen Discovery Laboratory and the neuropathology laboratory at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital set out to identify pathogens in fatal cases of encephalitis of unknown etiology. In two immunosuppressed patients, the Umbre virus (genus Orthobunyavirus) was identified. This virus infects neurons in the cerebral cortex, the spinal cord and the liver. The discovery of a novel...

4. Document de presse | 2020.05.29

   A preclinical study shows that hydroxychloroquine has no antiviral effect on SARS-CoV-2 in vivo

   A study on the effects of hydroxychloroquine n macaques infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, used alone or in combination with azithromycin, have been pre-published(1) on Research Square, after their submission to Nature. Scientists from the CEA, Inserm, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris-Saclay, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Aix-Marseille Université have been involved in the study...

5. Page avancée | 2020.06.17

   All SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 from the Institut Pasteur

   All SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 from the Institut Pasteur

6. Vidéo | 2020.02.20

   COVID-19 : What we have learnt as of 20 February 2020

   COVID-19 : What we have learnt as of 20 February 2020

7. News | 2020.06.18

   COVID-19: the latest on the epidemic situation and why caution is still needed

   On June 8, the Director-General of the World Health Organization stated that although the COVID-19 epidemic situation is improving in Europe, globally it is worsening, and we must avoid lapsing into complacency. The situation is a complex one. The Institut Pasteur provides a brief summary of the latest developments. What are the current key issues, what monitoring indicators are being used, how...

8. Article | 2020.06.22

   Evaluation of clinical presentation and evolution of SARS -CoV-2 coronavirus infection in Senegal

   Aim: The overall objective of this study is to understand the main clinical, biological, virologic and immunological characteristics of Covid-19 cases detected in Senegal in order to inform the development and updating of health guidelines for cases management and reduce the potential impact of infection. A retrospective and prospective cohort study of Covid-19 confirmed cases will be...

9. Article | 2020.06.22

   Protocol for assessment of potential risk factors for 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among health care workers in a health care setting

   Aim: Worldwide, the health care workers play an essential role in the clinical management of Covid-19 patients, but in Africa they are also at risk of infection given the level of control measures in hospital wards. This study aims to obtain an early understanding of key epidemiological characteristics in the risk of transmission in healthcare workers in different African countries of the...

10. Article | 2020.06.22

    Developing a rapid diagnostic test to detect SARS-CoV2 virus in various environment

    Aim: The epidemy of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its global spread urgently requires efficient means for rapid diagnosis, as well as detection in various environments (aside from clinical laboratories), such as airplanes, schools, potential animal carriers, etc. We have previously devised a colorimetric method to detect specific pathogen sequences using Rolling Circle Amplification (RCA) which...

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