Large parts of Latin America experienced explosive zika epidemics during 2015 and 2016. In contrast over the 2016/7 and 2017/8 mosquito seasons very few Zika cases were detected. There is much debate about
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The Ethics Committee of the Universidad Central del Ecuador has formally approved the congenital microcephaly case-control study
This two-day meeting was an exciting opportunity to assess the current state of the art of ZIKAction studies and share the first outcomes of our work.
During the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) conference in Antwerp, the three EU-funded Zika Consortia, ZIKAlliance, ZIKAction and ZikaPLAN organized a joint symposium, with an afternoon of presentations packed with up-to-date science regarding ZIKV on October 17th.
This annual meeting brings together the representatives of each partner organization, with the aim of presenting the work done so far both in terms of preliminary results and activities, and of collaborating to find solutions to any challenges encountered and new, exciting directions for our research.
ECTMIH brings together scientists and experts from Europe and from all over the world, including many delegates from low and middle income countries.
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Zika Consortia joint newsletter.
A cross-consortia Data Sharing session took place at the Instituto Pedro Kouri in Havana, Cuba, on 11 August 2017. As part of the collaborative effort being pursued by 3 EU-funded Zika Consortia (ZIKAction, ZIKAlliance, and ZikaPLAN) on data harmonisation and data sharing, the meeting was an important opportunity to advance the ongoing work and update participants about the work done so far.
Today, the Ethics Committee of the Padua University Hospital has formally approved the ex vivo studies planned within the ZIKA-PATHO work package.
On July 11th to 14th the REDe team organized a series of workshops addressed to healthcare workers involved in all levels of clinical care, with the aim of supporting the ongoing ZIKA studies in Brazil. Among the visited sites,
