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News | 2020.11.24
Yellow fever: risk of virus transmission in the Asia-Pacific region
A study, the most comprehensive assessment of vector competence, shows that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from the Asia-Pacific region are capable of transmitting yellow fever virus. This indicates that vector populations are seemingly not a brake to the emergence of yellow fever in the region.Viral pathogens with high epidemic potential have been historically a major concern for human health. Large-...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Chagas disease
Chagas disease is a neglected parasitic infection. It is transmitted by a hematophagous insect and mainly affects the American continent, where over 100 million people are exposed to it. In some cases, the infection takes a chronic form, causing irreversible lesions and death. Every year, Chagas disease claims thousands of lives. Chagas disease is the parasitic disease with the highest socio-...
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Document de presse | 2021.02.12
Heat islands and lack of running water promote dengue fever in Delhi, India
What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This is what researchers from the CNRS, the Institut Pasteur and the Indian Council of Medical Research1 have demonstrated using a geographical approach applied to the greater city of Delhi (India). Their study is published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease on 11 February 2021. Dengue is a...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Group A and B Streptococcus
Infections with group A and B Streptococcus (respectively Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus agalactiae) are frequent. The two bacteria are part of the commensal flora; they are opportunistic pathogens and only cause symptoms in certain conditions or in people at risk. Group A Streptococcus (also known as GAS or Strep A) is responsible for several benign infections but can also cause...
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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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Article | 2024.04.30
Federico Nitti, researcher and resistance fighter
Known for demonstrating the antibacterial activity of sulfonamides, the first antibiotics used, this Italian biologist and naturalized French citizen was a celebrated resistance fighter.
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News | 2024.06.25
Announcement of the future establishment of the Institut Pasteur du Japon
The Institut Pasteur (Headquarters: Paris, President: Prof. Yasmine Belkaid) is pleased to announce the upcoming establishment of the Institut Pasteur du Japon (IPJ).
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Cryptococcosis
Cryptococcosis is a severe fungal infection that occurs in immunocompromised patients. The most frequent clinical form of infection is meningoencephalitis, which is fatal in the absence of treatment.
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News | 2014.06.25
Second wave of Ebola in Africa: the Institut Pasteur in Dakar is in the first line
SECOND WAVE OF EBOLA IN AFRICA: THE INSTITUT PASTEUR IN DAKAR IS IN THE FIRST LINE Since March 21, date of the declaration of the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, the Institut Pasteur from the Africa Region and particularly the Institut Pasteur in Dakar in collaboration with partners, face up to a deadly Ebola epidemic second wave. The point of the situation in Guinea of June, 15th shows that 3 new...
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Article | 2016.11.15
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008. 25 years after isolating the AIDS virus, this prize, jointly received with Luc Montagnier"for the discovery of human immunodeficiency virus" in 1983 at the Institut Pasteur" recognizes, beyond the work of the scientists, the tireless engagement of a whole community in the fight against HIV.