Not just in France,but in over twenty countries,Institut Pasteur wages its major battle:the fight against infectious diseases caused by viruses,bacteria,parasites and fungi that kill 14 million people worldwide each year.In fact,over half of the 146 research laboratories on the Paris campus are devoted to infectious disease research:from the most widespread(AIDS,tuberculosis,malaria),to emerging diseases that present new threats(SARS,Avian influenza,West Nile virus etc.)to cancers with infectious origins(liver cancer or cervical cancer,for example)and the so-called "neglected" diseases(Chagas disease,sleeping sickness,leishmaniasis etc.).
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