Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC;Khmer:វិទ្យាស្ថានប៉ាស្ទ័រកម្ពុជា) is a medical research centre and public health institute inPhnom Penh,Cambodia. It is part of thePasteur Institute's international network of health centres and is partnered with theMinistry of Health. It was first established in 1953 and reopened in 1992 after the1991 Paris Peace Agreements.[citation needed]
Since 1998, IPC has been the only source ofpost-exposure prophylaxis vaccinations in the prevention ofrabies in Cambodia.[1][2] The institute has rabies prevention centres in Phnom Penh,Battambang andKampong Cham.[3]
From 2020, IPC has been part of the national committee involved in the public health response to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia[4] as well as conducting research intoSARS-CoV-2.[5][6] Researchers at IPC found through sequencing research that viruses from Cambodianhorseshoe bats shared 97% similarity withSARS-CoV-2, providing knowledge into possibleorigins of COVID-19.[7][6] IPC also conduct research on future emergingzoonoses.[8]
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