1. News | 2018.01.03

   Roka village in Cambodia: a history of iatrogenic HIV infection

   In December 2014, cases of HIV infection were detected in Roka, a village in Battambang province, northwestern Cambodia. Of more than 2,000 villagers tested for HIV, 242 people, aged from 2 to 89 years are diagnosed positive. Their common point: they were all treated by a "doctor" without a degree who reused the same syringes for several patients. Arrested in December 2014, he was sentenced at...

2. News | 2018.01.05

   Twelve new species of Leptospira discovered in New Caledonian soils

   Leptospirosis is a re-emerging zoonosis that affects over one million people and is responsible for nearly 60,000 deaths each year worldwide. This disease transmitted to humans via freshwater contaminated with bacteria of the genus Leptospira has a record incidence in Oceania. A group of researchers from the Institut Pasteur International Network coordinated by the Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle...

3. News | 2018.01.11

   Frédéric Tangy, expert from the Institut Pasteur, talks about vaccines of today and tomorrow

   In 2017, vaccinology expert Frédéric Tangy was recognized by the Institut Pasteur for his work on the Measles Platform and was elected as a member of the US National Academy of Inventors. As the Institut Pasteur enters its 130th year – it will be celebrating its 130th anniversary on November 14, 2018 – it seemed like a good opportunity to ask the scientist to tell us a little more about his...

4. Page avancée | 2018.01.16

   2017 Thesis and Ceremony

   2017 Thesis and Ceremony

5. News | 2018.01.19

   Proof-of-concept study reveals feasibility of eliminating rabies in Africa

   The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, together with European and African collaborators (including the Institut Pasteur in Paris), carried out a mass dog vaccination in Chad and determined its effect on human rabies exposure. The study employed a bio-mathematical method for estimating the transmission dynamics of rabies. The researchers conclude that with political will and the necessary...

6. Report | 2018.01.22

   Cholera: a public health threat that still causes devastating outbreaks

   Nearly a million people are currently suffering from cholera in Yemen, a worrying reminder that cholera remains a topical issue and a serious and fatal illness. Often thought of as an ancient disease, cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. Since the early 19th century, there have been seven cholera pandemics around the globe, resulting in millions of...

7. News | 2018.01.23

   Neurobiologist Jean-Pierre Changeux tells us the story of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

   As the Institut Pasteur prepares to celebrate its 130th anniversary on November 14, 2018, we talk to Jean-Pierre Changeux about the discovery of this ion channel-linked neuroreceptor that revolutionized neuroscience. On February, the researcher publishes a paper in Trends in Neuroscience providing an account of how this receptor's ion channel was structurally identified.The nicotinic...

8. Document de presse | 2018.01.26

   Olivier Schwartz appointed as Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur

   Professor Olivier Schwartz has been appointed as Scientific Director of the Institut Pasteur on a proposal from the President, Professor Stewart Cole, and following a decision by the Institut Pasteur Board of Directors. He will take office on February 15, 2018. The Institut Pasteur is pleased to announce that Professor Olivier Schwartz has been appointed as its Scientific Director. This...

9. Report | 2018.01.29

   Salmonella outbreak: Institut Pasteur raises the alarm

   The French National Reference Center (CNR) for Salmonella, based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, is in charge of microbiological surveillance of cases of human Salmonella infection. In late November 2017, it was this CNR that alerted the authorities to the excessive number of salmonellosis cases in infants, prompting action to tackle the outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to powdered baby...

10. Article | 2018.01.30

    A program concerning the Hand-Foot-And-Mouth disease in South East Asia

    The infection called "hand, foot and mouth" (HFMD) is a viral disease that mainly affects children under 5 years. It is transmitted by direct contact between infected children and is characterized by fever, mouth sores and blisters on the hands, feet and buttocks. To date, there is no specific treatment for this disease. A global approach is being developed in Southeast Asia to define...

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