Institut Pasteur de Madagascar

NeoLIC

Bich-Tram Huynh (PI)

Neonatal acquisition of ESBL-PE in the community of a Low-Income Country Severe bacterial infections are a leading cause of neonatal deaths, with low income countries (LICs) bearing the highest burden. In LICs, neonatal bacterial […]

7 Membres

The European Virus Archive Goes Global

Hervé Bourhy (PI)

EVA-GLOBAL objective is to generate the largest accessible collection of human, animal and plant viruses in the world and move beyond the current state-of-the-art to provide an increasingly valuable resource and service to the […]

3 Membres

Field Test for Rabies Diagnostic (FiTeRaD)

Laurent Dacheux (PI)

The FiTeRaD (Field Tests for Rabies Diagnostic) project aims to develop and validate, in laboratory and in the field, the first point of care tests (POCT) for the rapid detection of the etiological agent […]

11 Membres

PTR 161 – EVinCA&M: Epidemiology and Genetic Diversity of Enteroviruses in Central Africa and in Madagascar

Plasmodium vivax Invasion Pathways into Human Reticulocytes

Didier Ménard (PI)

Erythrocyte invasion is a complex process involving multiple interactions between Plasmodium merozoites and host erythrocytes. Unlike P. falciparum, which can use multiple erythrocyte receptors for invasion and has merozoite proteins with overlapping and redundant […]

Dynamics of Gut Microbiota

Philippe Glaser (PI)

Acquisition of antibiotic resistant bacteria and development of the gut microbiome in neonates in low-income countries. Antibiotic resistance represents a major health issue worldwide. The situation is particularly acute in low-income countries (LIC), due […]

CHART: Bacterial Acquisition Routes In Neonates

Lulla Opatowski (PI)

Children’s Antibiotic Resistance colonization and Route of Transmission. The aim of this program is to assess the transmission of enterobacteria resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporines (EBRCIIIG) in hospitalized neonates in two low income countries […]

13 Membres

Emergency response to global threats of emerging and re-emerging pathogens

Maria Van Kerkhove (PI)

With over 125 years’ experience with infectious diseases, the Institut Pasteur and the Institut Pasteur International Network (IPIN), which is composed of 33 research institutes in 26 countries and five continents, are ideally positioned […]

Perilic

Fabien Taieb (PI)

A descriptive analysis of pertussis in 4 different regions of the world Coordinated by Fabien Taieb, physician affiliated with the Center for Translational Science at the Institut Pasteur, responsible for the coordination of the […]

3 Membres

NéoVac (Neonatal Vaccination against Hepatitis B in Africa)

Yusuke Shimakawa (PI)

Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an important cause of premature adult deaths in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), due to liver cancer or cirrhosis. To reduce the disease burden, it is critical to […]

6 Membres

EV-A71 study

Francis Delpeyroux (PI)

Enterovirus A 71 (EV-A71) is an emerging pathogen that is circulating worldwide and mostly causes hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in children. However, in many cases, EV-A71 causes neurological complications, such as meningitis, […]

2 Membres

Community-based home visit intervention in sub-Saharan Africa to improve Hepatitis B vaccination coverage at birth and neonatal survival (Neovac)

Muriel Vray (PI)

The aim of this study is to develop and evaluate a community-based home visit intervention in sub-Saharan Africa to improve the coverage of a timely birth dose of HBV vaccine and neonatal care practices […]

5 Membres

Population biology of the bacterial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae

Sylvain Brisse (PI)

Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most urgent threats to public health given its increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents including carbapenems, considered as last-resort antibiotics. In this project we aim to understand the ecological, epidemiological and […]

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