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ANRS Emerging infectious diseases – Press Briefings
ANRS MIE y and Arbo-France, the French network for arbovirus research, are organizing a press briefing on Thursday, October 29, 2026, on the theme:
“Dengue, West Nile Virus, Chikungunya: Epidemic Dynamics and the State of Research”
Please find below the programme.
Programme :
- Introduction
- Dr Vincent Ronin, Head of the Epidemic Response Unit, Strategy and Partnerships Department, ANRS MIE
- Prof. Xavier de Lamballerie, Director of the French National Reference Centre for Arboviruses, director of the Emerging Viruses Unit, Aix-Marseille University–IRD–Inserm; co-director of the Arbo-France Network
- Epidemiological Update on Arboviral Diseases (West Nile Fever, Chikungunya, Dengue)
- Florian Franke, Epidemiologist, Santé publique France
- West Nile Fever: Clinical Management
- Pr. Florence Ader, Head of the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon
- West Nile Fever: Emergence of West Nile virus in the Paris region and virus circulation in mosquito populations
- Dr. Anna-Bella Failloux, Professor of Medical Entomology, Director of the Arboviruses and Insect Vectors Laboratory, Institut Pasteur, and Co-Director of the Arbo-France Network
- Dengue: Research advances and presentation of the LS-Dengue project
- Pr. André Cabié, Head of the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Martinique University Hospital
- Chikungunya: Research advances and presentation of the Chik-Re-Vac project
- Pr. Emilie Mosnier, Infectious Disease Specialist, Infectious Diseases Department, Réunion University Hospital
- Questions & Answers Session
For any requests for information relating to press briefings, please contact us by email: presse[at]anrs.fr
Latest press briefings :
- September 17, 2026 : “HIV Research: Towards a Cure”.
- June 18, 2026, in collaboration with the Pasteur Institute : “Hantaviruses & Ebola”
- March 12, 2026 : “Post‑infectious syndromes: Long Covid, Chikungunya, Lyme”
- January 15, 2026 : “Emerging respiratory zoonoses: where do we stand on the risk?”
- November 27, 2025 : “HIV: Where Do We Stand in 2025? The Latest Research Advances on the Occasion of World AIDS Day”
- October 30, 2025 : Infodemic in Infectious Diseases
- September 4, 2025 : What Are Epidemic Threats and How Can We Prepare for Them
- June 5, 2025 : Chikungunya: current status of the disease in the Indian Ocean (Reunion Island, Mayotte, Mauritius).
- March 20, 2025 : Feedback from the 2025 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI);
- February 11, 2025 : Current epidemics to monitor.
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Take a look at the figures and bibliographical data in our outbreak response units.
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