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Medical and Veterinary Entomology Unit

As part of an international scientific consortium, Zikalliance, the Virology and Medical and Veterinary Entomology Units studied the transmission of the Zika Virus worldwide and in Cambodia.

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As part of an international scientific consortium, Zikalliance, the Virology and Medical and Veterinary Entomology Units studied the transmission of the Zika Virus worldwide and in Cambodia. In an experiment involving 50 mosquito populations collected in 12 countries distributed worldwide, the study demonstrated that Aedes aegypti is the most important vector Zika virus transmission. The … Read more

VECAM training on ticks’ taxonomy and biology

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VECAM training on ticks’ taxonomy and biology The Establishment of Veterinary Entomology in Cambodia project (VECAM) is a national project involving a research organism (Institut Pasteur du Cambodge), a national Cambodian university (Royal University of Agriculture) and a veterinary service of the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture (GDAHP/NAHPRI). This project is a national FSPI project financed … Read more

Call for Donations: the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge Needs Ticks for the SEA Tickey Project

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Call for Donations: the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge Needs Ticks for the SEA TICKEY Project In the framework of the One Health South-East Asia (FSPI project; https://ohsea.ird.fr/), our team Medical and Veterinary Entomology Unit from Institut Pasteur du Cambodge has the objective to develop a taxonomic key for tick species. Based on the list of … Read more

290 mosquito species in Cambodia

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290 mosquito species in Cambodia Between 2016 and 2020, the Medical and Veterinary Entomology unit of the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge collected over 230,000 mosquitoes. Based on this sampling effort, a checklist of 290 mosquito species in Cambodia is established.    This is the first attempt to list the Culicidae fauna of the country.   … Read more