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Question Réponse | 2017.05.16
What is the Donor Space for and why should I register?
The Institut Pasteur provides an individual secure online space for its donors.This space can be used by all Institut Pasteur donors to:make an online donation,consult donation history and download tax receipts for the current and previous year,manage direct debits (change the amount of a regular donation, amend details for donations by bank card),update your details,contact the Donor Service.You...
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Page avancée | 2017.05.18
2016 Thesis and ceremony
2016 Thesis and ceremony
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News | 2017.05.05
Summer school dedicated to the creation of life sciences companies
The Institut Pasteur, in partnership with the Medicen Paris Region competitiveness pole, is organizing the second edition of the summer university dedicated to the creation of a life sciences company on 6 and 7 July.This event aims to give the participants the essential keys to the launch of a life sciences company (biotech, medtech, e-health, etc.). The summer school will cover the initial...
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Document de presse | 2017.05.24
Emerging diseases: a highly mutant strain of the Elizabethkingia bacterium caused an outbreak in Wisconsin
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS, working in collaboration with US and Australian teams, have completed full genomic and evolutionary characterization of the strain of the Elizabethkingia anophelis bacterium that affected around 60 people in Wisconsin in 2015-2016. Their research reveals that this outbreak was caused by a highly mutant strain of E. anophelis. It is unusual for...
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News | 2017.06.08
First statement from the Pasteur International Network association to the World Health Assembly
The 70th World Health Assembly was held from 22 to 31 May in Geneva. On this occasion, the Pasteur International Network association made its first statement (see below) during the session "Research and Development on Potentially Emerging Diseases" thanks to Nadia Khelef, representative of the Institut Pasteur at WHO.The recognition in 2016 of Pasteur International Network association (page...
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News | 2017.06.08
The Institut Pasteur in Côte d'Ivoire diagnoses a dengue epidemic in Abidjan
A dengue outbreak has occurred since April 2017 in Côte d'Ivoire in Abidjan in the sanitary district of Cocody-Bingerville. The Institut Pasteur in Côte d'Ivoire confirmed the human cases but also analyzed by PCR the batches of mosquitoes caught in the city of Abidjan revealing the presence of dengue virus types 2 and 3. Facing this situation, the national health authorities have immediately...
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Report | 2017.06.13
Infection-related cancer
More than one in six cases of cancer worldwide are caused by infection. In total, some 2.2 million new cancer cases every year are believed to be the result of infection by a pathogenic agent. Eight viruses, one bacterium and three parasites have been classified as group 1 carcinogens (known to be carcinogenic to humans) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a division of the World...
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Page avancée | 2017.06.13
The Institut in numbers
The Institut in numbers
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News | 2017.06.16
MosKeyTool: a free and interactive tool to identify mosquitoes of the Euro-Mediterranean region
Vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of infectious diseases, and cause more than one million deaths each year worldwide. Mosquitoes are among the main vectors of diseases, especially arboviruses (dengue, chikungunya, etc. ). The precise identification of mosquito species is an essential step for the laboratories involved in the surveillance and control of these diseases with high...
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News | 2017.06.19
Drastic reduction of exposure to malaria in Senegal
In Senegal the prevalence of malaria declined from over 30% to less than 5% between the early 2000s and 2015 thanks to the implementation of preventive measures recommended by WHO such as Artemisinin-based combination therapy, rapid diagnosis and impregnated mosquito nets. What is the impact of these preventive measures on antimalarial immunity of populations?To answer this question, several...
