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2017.11.22
An outbreak of pneumonic plague has been ongoing in Madagascar for several weeks. As indicated on the World Health Organization (WHO) website, "based on the...
News
2017.11.27
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have identified the original strategy used by bacteriophages, the most abundant viruses in human-associated microbiota, to...
News
2017.11.16
As the Institut Pasteur enters the 130th year of its existence (the anniversary will be celebrated on November 14, 2018), the book Institut Pasteur: Today's...
Document de presse
2017.11.22
Leishmaniasis is an important human and veterinary disease caused by Leishmania parasites that affect 12 million people in over 98 endemic countries. The...
News
2017.11.14
On June 4, 1887, the Institut Pasteur was created following the success of the rabies vaccine developed by Louis Pasteur – and thanks to the generous support...
Document de presse
2017.11.10
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, in collaboration with several other international institutions, recently published...
Document de presse
2017.11.03
Rift Valley fever virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, is responsible for outbreaks in livestock in Africa and can also be fatal in humans. Scientists from the...
News
2017.10.09
Swiss-born Alexandre Yersin joined the Institut Pasteur in 1885 aged just 22 and worked under Émile Roux. He discovered the plague bacillus in Hong Kong. A...
Report
2017.10.24
For the last few weeks, Madagascar has been facing a particularly severe outbreak of pneumonic plague, which is mainly affecting the major urban centers of...
News
2017.10.20
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have proved that NK cells ("natural killer" cells in the immune system) migrate to lymphoid follicles, where they control...