The recent epidemics of Lassa fever in Nigeria, Ebola virus disease in West Africa, MERS-CoV in the Middle East, Yellow Fever in DRC, Angola and Brazil, avian influenza in Asia and Africa and Zika […]
The Laboratory for urgent response to biological threats, called in French Cellule d’Intervention Biologique d’Urgence (CIBU), was created at the end of 2002, under the impulse of the Directorate-General of Health, of the Minsitry […]
The Carnot Label Carnot label is granted to public research structures, showing high level R&I competencies dedicated to fostering innovation with industrial partners. The Carnot Institutes (IC) are funded to conduct upstream research capable […]
In a context of increasing globalization of trade, the growth in international flows of travelers and goods fuels the spread of infectious diseases. The need for a global alert and response network for infectious diseases […]
Preventing vector-borne diseases around the mediterranean and black sea regions by creating a One Health network of laboratories Countries of the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions share common public health issues and threats. The MediLabSecure […]
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove is the Head of the Outbreak Investigation Task Force at Institut Pasteur’s Center for Global Health and a technical consultant with World Health Organization (WHO). She is an experienced infectious disease epidemiologist with strong field experience in infectious disease outbreaks […]
Sarah Vozlinsky is the Program Development Coordinator for the Pasteur Center for Global Health. After graduating with a Master degree in International Affairs specialized in Global Health at Sciences Po Paris School of International […]
My research interests focus on the ecology and the evolution of viruses with a particular interest in the impact of the environment on virus survival and processes driving viruses to cross species-borders from wildlife […]