Medical research institute in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC ; Khmer : វិទ្យាស្ថានប៉ាស្ទ័រកម្ពុជា ) is a medical research centre and public health institute in Phnom Penh , Cambodia . It is part of the Pasteur Institute's international network of health centres and is partnered with the Ministry of Health . It was first established in 1953 and reopened in 1992 after the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements .[citation needed ]
Since 1998, IPC has been the only source of post-exposure prophylaxis vaccinations in the prevention of rabies in Cambodia.[ 1] [ 2] The institute has rabies prevention centres in Phnom Penh, Battambang and Kampong Cham .[ 3]
From 2020, IPC has been part of the national committee involved in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia [ 4] as well as conducting research into SARS-CoV-2 .[ 5] [ 6] Researchers at IPC found through sequencing research that viruses from Cambodian horseshoe bats shared 97% similarity with SARS-CoV-2 , providing knowledge into possible origins of COVID-19 .[ 7] [ 6] IPC also conduct research on future emerging zoonoses .[ 8]
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References
^ Ly, Sowath; Buchy, Philippe; Heng, Nay Yim; Ong, Sivuth; Chhor, Nareth; Bourhy, Hervé; Vong, Sirenda (2009-09-08). "Rabies Situation in Cambodia" . PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases . 3 (9): e511. doi :10.1371/journal.pntd.0000511 . ISSN 1935-2735 . PMC 2731168 . PMID 19907631 .
^ Murray, Kieran (2020-08-24). "Can Cambodia Eradicate the World's Most Fatal Disease?" . New Naratif . Retrieved 2021-06-04 .
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^ "Cambodia sets national committee to combat COVID-19 - China.org.cn" . www.china.org.cn . Retrieved 2021-06-04 .
^ "The Cambodian lab working to unravel how COVID-19 spreads and grows" . Southeast Asia Globe . 2020-04-02. Retrieved 2021-06-04 .
^ a b "COVID-19: Bats living in Cambodia in 2010 carried 'nearly identical' pathogen to COVID-19 virus, scientists discover" . Sky News . Retrieved 2021-06-04 .
^ Mallapaty, Smriti (2020-11-23). "Coronaviruses closely related to the pandemic virus discovered in Japan and Cambodia" . Nature . 588 (7836): 15–16. Bibcode :2020Natur.588...15M . doi :10.1038/d41586-020-03217-0 . PMID 33230273 . S2CID 227157702 .
^ Zeeberg, Amos (2021-02-16). "Piecing Together the Next Pandemic" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-06-04 .
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