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Femelle d'Aedes aegypti © Institut Pasteur de la Guyane - photo Pascal Gaborit

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2023.01.12

Improving our understanding of insect vectors to curb disease outbreaks

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...

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Cellule infectée par Zika (effet cytopathique), présentant de larges vacuoles (trous). En rouge : protéine virale. En vert : cellule. En bleu : noyau. Microscopie par immunofluorescence.

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2022.11.22

Research

Mystery of the Cape Verde Zika outbreak solved

Zika virus can cause flu-like symptoms and in some cases lead to major neurological complications. Pregnant women can also pass the virus onto their unborn...

zika mosquitoes outbreak

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2021.06.01

Epidemiologie

Tiger mosquito in France: 64 départements on red alert

French health authorities updated their map showing the spread of the tiger mosquito in France. On 1st of January 2021, 64 of the country's départements on "...

moustique tigre

Visite de Agnès Buzyn au vectopole de l'Institut Pasteur de la Guyane

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2019.03.06

International

Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health visited the vectopole of the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane

At the end of her visit to French Guiana, Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health, visited the vectopole of the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane on Friday...

Agnès Buzyn vectopole guyane

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2019.02.20

Research

Mosquitoes and viruses by Sarah Merkling

How do mosquitoes transmit viruses to humans? Sarah Merkling, researcher at the Institut Pasteur and laureate of an L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award,...

Moustique Virus

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2017.03.31

Research

“The Geopolitics of the Mosquito” - Go further with our experts!

After investigating cotton, water and paper, the Institut Pasteur’s ambassador, Erik Orsenna, has turned his attention to mosquitoes in his new book,...