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IRIM in a nutshell

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Research teams

118

Staff and students

50%

of the teams are directed by women

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Different nationalities

53

Studied pathogens

About 30 deaths per 100 are attributed to infectious diseases in the world.

75 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 36 million people have died of AIDS.

In 2016, there were more than 10 million cases of active tuberculosis which resulted in 1.3 million deaths.
One-third of the world’s population is thought to be infected with TB.

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