Mosquito
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2023.05.04
As the summer season approaches, the question of the effects of climate on pathogen transmission by mosquitoes inevitably arises. Scientists therefore...
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2023.06.06
The tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is known to serve as the vector for several viruses that are pathogenic for humans. In mainland France, it was...
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2023.01.12
Dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika – these are all names of diseases that we have learned to fear, but we don't always understand how they might be...
Portrait
2024.03.05
When Carla Saleh arrived in France from Argentina aged 25 as a young scientist, she didn't speak a word of French. She now leads her own research unit at the...
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2023.12.18
"We have now reached a point that the experts in the IPCC anticipated 50 years ago. The reality of climate change is no longer in doubt. The acceleration of...
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2023.12.19
Flaviviruses are pathogens transmitted by vectors, either insects like mosquitoes or arachnids like ticks. In Europe, the tick is the vector that transmits the...
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2023.12.11
Human encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain associated with neurological dysfunction. It is often of infectious etiology, but the cause remains...
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2023.10.02
Malaria is the most deadly vector-borne disease in the world, claiming more than 600,000 lives each year. Vector-borne diseases are caused by an infectious...
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2023.08.17
Due to population growth and economic development, our planet is experiencing significant changes in natural ecosystems that may lead to the re-emergence of...
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2023.06.21
Parasites in the genus Plasmodium are responsible for malaria. They infect humans via mosquitoes that have themselves been infected. Once the parasite has...