The Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit is a research structure, which enhances Pasteur Institute of Cambodia actions’ in Public Health and scientific researches, alongside Cambodian national actors and regional/international partners. Founded in 2001, this unit is currently composed of one senior scientist (PharmD, Medical Biology DES, PhD, HDR), one temporary post doc student, two research engineers and nine laboratory technicians. Scientific projects conducted in this unit rely on performant technical platforms such as:
Scientific projects developed
Built around the control/elimination concept in South East Asia, since 2001 the unit has been mainly involved in various studies conducted on Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance in Cambodia. During this period, the staff of the unit has gained strong experiences on this topic. Since 2010, the scientific research projects are conducted in close collaboration with the Cambodian National Malaria Control Programme, WHO and others regional and international collaborators (RIIP, IPP, European and US Universities) and are mainly focused on three topics, as following:
