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Document de presse | 2009.03.17
The biodiversity of microorganisms: EMbaRC, a European program for the conservation and promotion of microbial resources
A European consortium of microbial resource centers was launched on March 18, 2009. Known as EMbaRC, its particular objective is to harmonize systems of keeping and identifying bacteria and microscopic fungi in the different European countries, and also to develop DNA banks and strengthen bio-security. In this way it aims to encourage the conservation and promotion of microbial biodiversity....
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Document de presse | 2007.03.19
Researchers sound the alarm:
Could multidrug resistance become widespread among strains of the plague bacillus? The study of a fragment of mobile DNA conferring to Yersinia pestis resistance against numerous antibiotics has shown that similar elements are present in bacteria found in food products in recent years in the United States, raising fears among researchers from the Institut Pasteur and The Institute for Genomic...
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Document de presse | 2007.02.21
Aquatic Predator Insect Saliva May Protect Against Buruli Ulcer
Buruli ulcer is a necrotizing skin disease that is very disabling, caused by bacteria that inhabit aquatic environment. It is rife in several regions of the world and is developing at a disturbing rate in West Africa. Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and Inserm, working together with university and institute teams from the Institut Pasteur International Network, recently proved that the...
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Document de presse | 2006.11.23
Evolution of the typhoid fever bacterium Playing hide-and-seek since prehistoric times...
International teams led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute, the Institut Pasteur, and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have just traced the evolutionary history of Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium responsible for typhoid fever, in a study published in the journal Science. This disease, which continues to exist in industrialised nations, affects twenty-one million people annually...
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Document de presse | 2013.09.10
A simple in vitro test to bring surveillance of artemisinin-resistant malaria parasites to scale
A fruitful international cooperation, scientists from the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed the first in vitro test adapted to field conditions in malaria-endemic areas for the study of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (the parasite responsible for severe cases of malaria). Artemisinin is a major component...
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Fiche maladie | 2016.06.21
Zika
The Zika virus is a Flavivirus mainly transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. It causes Zika virus disease.
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Fiche maladie | 2019.10.16
Chikungunya
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by the bite of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Although rarely fatal, chikungunya can cause significant pain and debilitating symptoms that affect patients' quality of life. Existing treatments are solely symptomatic. In France, the current conditions in 80% of départements are conducive to the emergence of chikungunya.
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Fiche maladie | 2016.05.20
HIV / AIDS
Although there have been considerable advances in treatment, HIV continues to be a serious problem, especially in the terminal phase of the disease in the absence of treatment, known as AIDS. HIV/AIDS is currently one of the leading causes of death worldwide for adolescents and women of childbearing age. The interval between infection and diagnosis is long, especially in France, where it can...
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Fiche maladie | 2015.10.06
Malaria
Malaria is a disease transmitted by parasites of the genus Plasmodium. According to WHO figures, the disease caused 608,000 deaths worldwide in 2022. For several years now, parasites have been developing resistance to antimalarial drugs and mosquitoes are increasingly less susceptible to insecticides.
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Fiche maladie | 2016.07.08
Staphylococci
Staphylococci are pathogenic bacteria responsible for a broad spectrum of diseases with varying degrees of severity. They are one of the main causes of nosocomial infections (hospital-acquired infections) but can also be acquired outside hospitals. They are part of the natural skin flora, specifically colonizing external mucous membranes, but they are also often found in the environment (in...