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Institut Pasteur in Dakar



The Institut Pasteur in Dakar was created in 1923. It became a foundation under Senegalese law in September 2009.  

Research:

- Arboviruses and hemorrhagic fevers: ecology, entomolgy, epidemiology and molecular virology
- Malaria: epidemiology, entomology, immunology and immuno-genetics
- Bacterial ecology and antibiotic resistance
- Physiopathology and SIV infections
- Clinical research on viral hepatitis

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Public health:

- WHO Collaborating Centre for arboviruses and viral hemorrhagic fevers
- National Reference Centre for flu, poliovirus and measles
- WHO National Laboratory for flu, measles and poliomyelitis
- Vaccination centre
- Biomedical and pathology analyses, food safety and environmental health tests

Teaching & training:

- Internships and training for students, technicians, biologists and doctoral students
- International courses:
            -  international course on arbovirology
            -  metrology workshop

Vaccine production:

- Yellow fever