AGIR team's research themes

AGIR focuses its research on the resistance developed by these 4 groups of pathogens :
 ESKAPEE bacteria, Mycobacteria,Plasmodium falciparum, The BK virus, SARS-CoV-2 

Study of the following infectious agents, found in the clinic

In this context, the team's research themes revolve more particularly around the study of the following infectious agents, found in the clinic:

  1. ESKAPEE bacteria, which are at the origin of numerous nosocomial infections causing more than 700,000 deaths per year throughout the world;
  2. Mycobacteria responsible for tuberculosis, the second most deadly infectious disease after HIV;
  3. Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for malaria (228 million cases and 405,000 deaths worldwide in 2018);
  4. The BK virus, which is responsible for 10 to 15% of rejection in patients with kidney or bone marrow transplants.
  5. The laboratory is also working on the SARS-CoV-2 virus which is at the origin of the COVID-19 epidemic