ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Mr Calmes Bouaka has defended a thesis under the theme: “Genetic diversity of the tsetse fly microbiome and its implication in new strategies to control trypanosomiasises’‘ The interest of vector control in the fight against African Trypanosomiases (Human and animal disease) has been reinforced in recent years, with the development of small insecticide-impregnated screens, known…

CRID at PAMCA CONFERENCE 2023, Ethiopia, Addis-Ababa

From 17th to 22th September 2023, the Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases was massively represented at the 9th PAMCA Conference at Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia. With more than 30 participants including 11 researchers, 17 PhD students, 2 Project managers and communicators. CRID researchers carried out several presentations and activities within which a symposium hosted by the…

Viviane Ongbassomben: Investigation of Plasmodium falciparum pfhrp2 Gene Deletion Frequency and Its Impact on the Reliability of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria.

On Thursday, October 5, 2023, Miss Viviane Ongbassomben, a Master student at CRID, successfully defended her Master’s dissertation with distinction at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaoundé 1. Her study aimed to investigate the deletion of the pfhrp2 gene in P. falciparum strains circulating in Emana-Benyada, a village located…