FLI and Institut Pasteur intensify cooperation : FLI Press Release 11/2014

Insel Riems, 19 September 2014. The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) on the Isle of Riems and the Institut Pasteur in Paris will intensify their cooperation in research and diagnosis of infectious animal diseases and zoonoses (infectious diseases which can be transmitted between humans and animals. To this end, the Presidents of both institutes, Prof. Thomas C. Mettenleiter and Prof. Christian Brechot, signed a cooperation agreement in Paris on September 19. „This agreement will further strengthen the good relations between the two long-established institutions Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut and Institut Pasteur.“, says Prof. Mettenleiter. The two institutions will intensify their cooperation particularly in rabies research, a field where Louis Pasteur was a pioneer, and in research on herpes- and bunyaviruses.