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ZIKAlliance’s Clinical Meeting in Cuba 12-14 August, 2017

Havana, 13/08/17 – ZIKAlliance, one of three EC-funded Zika consortia (Grant Agreement N.734548), met in Havana last weekend to discuss the ongoing clinical cohort studies in the Americas and the Caribbean, alongside other key topics such as diagnostics, data sharing ...
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ZIKAlliance Kick-off Meeting in Brazil

Hosted by University Sao Paulo Medical School at the Centro de Convenções Rebouças ZIKAlliance, the multinational and multidisciplinary consortium coordinated by Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, and created in response to a Horizon 2020 funding ...
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Zika Workshop Summary Now Available

GloPID-R members hosted the “GloPID-R Zika Virus Research Workshop” in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 30 – December 2, 2016
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ZIKAlliance project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement N.734548

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ZIKAlliance’s Clinical Meeting in Cuba 12-14 August, 2017

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Havana, 13/08/17 – ZIKAlliance, one of three EC-funded Zika consortia (Grant Agreement N.734548), met in Havana last weekend to discuss the ongoing clinical cohort studies in the Americas ...

InFocus interview with Dra Carmen Soria

by ZIKAlliance

Dra Carmen Soria is a clinician and PI for ZIKAlliance (Work Package 1) in Ecuador. She represents SOSECALI C Ltda. and is physically based in Guayaquil. What work do you ...

Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

by Faria et al.

Nature, Volume 546, 15 June 2017 N. R. Faria, J. Quick, I.M. Claro, J. Thézé, J. G. de Jesus, M. Giovanetti, M. U. G. Kraemer, S. C. Hill, A ...

Culex quinquefasciatus from areas with the highest incidence of microcephaly associated with Zika virus infections in the Northeast Region of Brazil are refractory to the virus

by Fernandes et al.

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 112, 2017 Rosilainy Surubi Fernandes, Stéphanie Silva Campos, Paulino Siqueira Ribeiro, Lidiane MS Raphael, Myrna C Bonaldo, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira Summary Zika virus (ZIKV) is ...

Imipramine Inhibits Chikungunya Virus Replication in Human Skin Fibroblasts through Interference with Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking

by Wichit et al.

Scientific Reports 7, 9 June 2017 Sineewanlaya Wichit, Rodolphe Hamel, Eric Bernard, Loïc Talignani, Fodé Diop, Pauline Ferraris, Florian Liegeois, Peeraya Ekchariyawat, Natthanej Luplertlop, Pornapat Surasombatpattana, Frédéric Thomas, Andres Merits ...

Low seroprevalence of Zika virus in Cameroonian blood donors

by Gake et al.

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, May 2017 Bouba Gake, Marie A. Vernet, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Jan Felix Drexler, Ernest A. Gould, Pierre Gallian, Xavier de Lamballerie Summary A Zika virus ...

Suramin inhibits Zika virus replication by interfering with virus attachment and release of infectious particles

by Albulescu et al.

Antiviral Research, Volume 143, July 2017 Irina C. Albulescu, Kristina Kovacikova, Ali Tas, Eric J. Snijder, Martijn J. van Hemert Summary Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that mostly ...

Risk of microcephaly after Zika virus infection in Brazil, 2015 to 2016

by Jaenisch et al.

Bulletin of the World Health Organization , Volume 95, March 2017 Thomas Jaenisch, Kerstin Daniela Rosenberger, Carlos Brito, Oliver Brady, Patrícia Brasil & Ernesto TA Marques Summary Investigators obtained data on ...

Substrate selectivity of Dengue and Zika virus NS5 polymerase towards 2'-modified nucleotide analogues

by Potisopon et al.

Antiviral Research, Volume 140, April 2017 Supanee Potisopon, François Ferron, Veronique Fattorini, Barbara Selisko, Bruno Canard Summary In targeting the essential viral RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp), nucleotide analogues play a ...

Zika Virus Methyltransferase: Structure and Functions for Drug Design Perspectives

by Coutard et al.

Journal of Virology, Volume 91, Issue 5, March 2017 Bruno Coutard, Karine Barral, Julie Lichière, Barbara Selisko, Baptiste Martin, Wahiba Aouadi, Miguel Ortiz Lombardia, Françoise Debart, Jean-Jacques Vasseur, Jean Claude ...

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InFocus interview with Dra Carmen Soria

Interview to Dra Carmen Soria, a clinician and PI for ZIKAlliance (Work Package 1) in Ecuador. She represents SOSECALI C Ltda. and is physically based in Guayaquil. Read more

Important call for action: Chikungunya Outbreak

Researchers in Brazil want to share that there have been 40 confirmed deaths from Chikungunya in Fortaleza. This is a significant increase in both mortality and the severity of the disease. The Fortaleza research team are part of the REDe ... Read more

First pregnant woman enrolled in Santos, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

On 24 May 2017, the ZIKAlliance PW cohort study enrolled the first pregnant woman. Congratulations to teams in Latin America working on the cohort studies. Read more

Drop in cases of Zika threatens large-scale trials

Prof. Xavier de Lamballerie, the ZIKAlliance Scientific Coordinator, interviewed by Nature. Read more

Successful technology transfer of a Zika vaccine developed by Institut Pasteur Shanghai-Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPS-CAS) to Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Co., Ltd.

Institut Pasteur Shanghai-Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPS-CAS), a partner of the ZIKAlliance consortium, announced that it has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Stock Co., Ltd. (Zhifei) for the clinical studies and commercialization of a ... Read more

2nd International Meeting on Arboviruses and their Vectors

The Meeting, organised by ZIKAlliance partners, will take place in Glasgow (UK), 7-8 September 2017. Deadline for sending abstracts is 26 May 2017. Read more

New ZIKAlliance publication: Risk of microcephaly after Zika virus infection in Brazil, 2015 to 2016

A study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization describes a plausible range for the risk of microcephaly in women who were infected with Zika virus during pregnancy compared to those who were not infected. Read more

15th International Dengue Course and ZIKAlliance WP1 meeting to be held in Cuba next August

The ‘Pedro Kourí’ Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK) – an institution partner of ZIKAlliance – has co-organised the 15th International Dengue Course, to be held at Havana, Cuba, between 7-18 August. Read more

Study of volunteer blood donors in Martinique provides new information about Zika virus infection

A pioneering research published in Blood suggests that the study of blood donors during ZIKV outbreaks has become a key element of epidemiological surveillance. Read more

Axl Mediates ZIKA Virus Entry in Human Glial Cells and Modulates Innate Immune Responses

A study performed by the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) team of Dr Ali Amara (U944, Paris, France) and published in Cell Reports sheds new light on the mechanisms allowing ZIKV to infect cells ... Read more

Zika Workshop Summary Now Available

GloPID-R members hosted the “GloPID-R Zika Virus Research Workshop” in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 30 – December 2, 2016 to facilitate collaboration between members on Zika funded research projects. The workshop’s aim was to identify and establish collaboration and ... Read more

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ZIKAlliance’s Clinical Meeting in Cuba 12-14 August, 2017

ZIKAlliance Newsletter

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ZIKAlliance Kick-off Meeting in Brazil

Zika Workshop Summary Now Available

Articles

ZIKAlliance’s Clinical Meeting in Cuba 12-14 August, 2017

InFocus interview with Dra Carmen Soria

Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

Culex quinquefasciatus from areas with the highest incidence of microcephaly associated with Zika virus infections in the Northeast Region of Brazil are refractory to the virus

Imipramine Inhibits Chikungunya Virus Replication in Human Skin Fibroblasts through Interference with Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking

Low seroprevalence of Zika virus in Cameroonian blood donors

Suramin inhibits Zika virus replication by interfering with virus attachment and release of infectious particles

Risk of microcephaly after Zika virus infection in Brazil, 2015 to 2016

Substrate selectivity of Dengue and Zika virus NS5 polymerase towards 2'-modified nucleotide analogues

Zika Virus Methyltransferase: Structure and Functions for Drug Design Perspectives

News

InFocus interview with Dra Carmen Soria

Important call for action: Chikungunya Outbreak

First pregnant woman enrolled in Santos, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Drop in cases of Zika threatens large-scale trials

Successful technology transfer of a Zika vaccine developed by Institut Pasteur Shanghai-Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPS-CAS) to Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products Co., Ltd.

2nd International Meeting on Arboviruses and their Vectors

New ZIKAlliance publication: Risk of microcephaly after Zika virus infection in Brazil, 2015 to 2016

15th International Dengue Course and ZIKAlliance WP1 meeting to be held in Cuba next August

Study of volunteer blood donors in Martinique provides new information about Zika virus infection

Axl Mediates ZIKA Virus Entry in Human Glial Cells and Modulates Innate Immune Responses

Zika Workshop Summary Now Available