Latest update of the book on tropical medicine The Medical and Veterinary Entomology unit at Institut Pasteur du Cambodge was pleased to contribute to the “Vector and vector control’ chapter in the third edition of the French language collective tropical infectiology book, ePilly Trop. This book is a precious tool for doctors and students of … Read more
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
Mission to Rabies Prevention Center in Kampong Cham On June 22nd, the Director of Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Prof. André Spiegel, the Deputy-Director, Dr Ly Sowath, and the Head of the Vaccination Service, Dr Peng Yiksing, went to Kampong Cham to meet the team of the Rabies Prevention Center. The Rabies Prevention Center was … Read more
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
IPC partners with CAPFish-Capture targeting ISO 17025 accreditation The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) held on June 15th a Letter of Intent signing ceremony with the The CAPFish-Capture: Post-harvest Fisheries Development Project (supported by European Union and United Nation Industrial Developement Organization) to strengthen its Laboratory of Environment and Food Safety (LEFS) testing capacity towards … Read more
Mission to Battambang’s Rabies Prevention Center On Thursday June 9th and Friday June 10th, Professor André Spiegel, Dr. Ly Sowath and Dr. Peng Yiksing, respectively Director, Deputy Director and Head of the Vaccine Service of the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC), went to Battambang to meet the team of the Rabies Prevention Center. The … Read more
Latest Scientific Publication from the Clinical Research Group of the Epidemiology and Public Health Unit The Institut Pasteur du Cambodge is pleased to share our latest scientific publication in a peer-reviewed journal. This publication, is the result of a study representing several years of work from the Clinical Research Group of the Epidemiology and Public … Read more
Liaison Council of IPC and visit of Prof. Stewart COLE, President of Institut Pasteur in Paris On May 24th, the Institut Pasteur du Cambdoge (IPC) held its annual liaison council under the presidency of His Excellency Professor Mam Bunheng, Minister of Heath of the Royal Government of Cambodia and, on this occasion, IPC had the … Read more
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
While Tuberculosis is still a Public Health challenge in Cambodia, the international world TB day on March 24th was the opportunity for the TB-Speed project to highlight some achievements in its 5th newsletter. The TB-Speed study Pneumonia released its first results, showing that: “TB screening at the time of admission was feasible and could … Read more