Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC; km, វិទ្យាស្ថានប៉ាស្ទ័រកម្ពុជា) is a medical research centre and public health institute in Phnom Penh,

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...

. 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 The Paris Peace Agreements ( km, សន្ធិសញ្ញាសន្តិភាពទីក្រុងប៉ារីស ឆ្នាំ១៩៩១; french: Accords de paix de Paris), formally titled Comprehensive Cambodian Peace Agreeme ...

. Since 1998, IPC has been the only source of post-exposure prophylaxis vaccinations in the prevention of

rabies Rabies is a viral disease that causes encephalitis in humans and other mammals. Early symptoms can include fever and tingling at the site of exposure. These symptoms are followed by one or more of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, ...

in Cambodia. The institute has rabies prevention centres in Phnom Penh,

Battambang Battambang ( km, បាត់ដំបង, UNGEGN: ) is the capital of Battambang Province and the third largest city in Cambodia. Founded in the 11th century by the Khmer Empire, Battambang is the leading rice-producing province of the coun ...

and Kampong Cham. From 2020, IPC has been part of the national committee involved in the public health response to the

COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia The COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The first imported case in Cambodia was detected in Sihanoukville o ...

as well as conducting research into

SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the respiratory illness responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had a ...

. Researchers at IPC found through sequencing research that viruses from Cambodian

horseshoe bat Horseshoe bats are bats in the family Rhinolophidae. In addition to the single living genus, ''Rhinolophus'', which has about 106 species, the extinct genus '' Palaeonycteris'' has been recognized. Horseshoe bats are closely related to the Old ...

s shared 97% similarity with

, providing knowledge into possible origins of COVID-19. IPC also conduct research on future emerging

zoonoses A zoonosis (; plural zoonoses) or zoonotic disease is an infectious disease of humans caused by a pathogen (an infectious agent, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite or prion) that has jumped from a non-human (usually a vertebrate) to a human ...

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* http://www.pasteur-kh.org/ *Cambodge COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia Virology institutes Medical and health organisations based in Cambodia Organisations based in Phnom Penh Research institutes in Cambodia {{COVID19-pandemic-stub

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