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2017.06.22
RNA viruses, like influenza viruses, have broad genetic variability, which gives them a high adaptive potential. As part of the fight against RNA viruses,...
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2017.05.05
During a wave of expansion that began 4,000 to 5,000 years ago, Bantu-speaking populations – today some 310 million people – gradually left their original...
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2017.04.24
The malaria molecular epidemiology unit at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia is interested in the resistance of the malaria pathogens to the drugs currently in...
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2017.04.04
Viruses transmitted by arthopods such as mosquitoes and ticks are a growing global public health concern. The Mediterranean and Black Sea regions are not...
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2017.02.02
On the African continent, diarrheal diseases are very frequent but their etiology is often unknown which does not allow an optimal care of the patients....
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2017.01.12
In December 2015 a yellow fever epidemic broke out in Angola, subsequently giving rise to 7,300 suspected cases and nearly 400 deaths. A group of scientists...
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2016.09.22
Since the first cases of infection were identified in Brazil, in May 2015, the Zika virus has spread to over 46 countries in America. Several hypothesis are...
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2016.05.19
Although several Listeria strains can cause listeriosis, some are particularly virulent. This is because they secrete a toxin that damages the intestinal...
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2016.07.07
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have identified two new strains of the HTLV-4 virus in two hunters who were bitten by gorillas in Gabon....
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2016.12.01
The number of newborns infected with Hepatitis B may be twice as high as HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
While the risk of mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis...