To control the evolution of a pandemic such as COVID-19, knowing the conditions under which the pathogen is being transmitted represents a critical issue, especially when implementing protection strategies like social distancing and face masks wearing. For viruses and b...

International audience; The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has highlighted the need for broad-spectrum antivirals against coronaviruses (CoVs). Here, pheophorbide a (Pba) was identified as a highly active antiviral molecule against HCoV-229E after bioguided fractionation of plant ...

The need for personal protective equipment increased exponentially in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. To cope with the mask shortage during springtime 2020, a French consortium was created to find ways to reuse medical and respiratory masks in healthcare departments....

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International audience; BACKGROUND: Measuring vaccine effectiveness (VE) using real-life data is critical to confirm the effectiveness of licensed vaccine, which could strengthen vaccination adherence. METHODS: We measured VE against adult COVID-19 hospitalization in fi...

International audience; En Amazonie, l’une des régions du Brésil les plus touchées par l’épidémie de COVID-19, les statistiques épidémiologiques publiées par les autorités brossent un tableau de la crise sanitaire qui interroge, car il ne considère pas ou trop partielle...

International audience; This multicenter study evaluated the IMMY Aspergillus Galactomannan Lateral Flow Assay (LFA) with automated reader for diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with COVID-19 associated acute respiratory failure (ARF) requiring intensive c...

Since many infected people experience no or few symptoms, the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic is frequently monitored through massive virus testing of the population, an approach that may be biased and may be difficult to sustain in low-income countries. Since SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be...

International audience; The implementation of One Health/EcoHealth/Planetary Health approaches has been identified as key (i) to address the strong interconnections between risk for pandemics, climate change and biodiversity loss and (ii) to develop and implement soluti...

International audience; What are the consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown onhousehold debt? Drawing on quantitative andqualitative data collected in rural Tamil Nadu, this paperhighlights the massive risks of financial fragility.Quantitative data show a very high level...