São Paulo – It’s called ZikAlliance and international multidisciplinary consortium that received by the European Union 12 million euros as part of the Horizon 2020 program, to create a cutting-edge research project which aims to combat the epidemic caused by the virus Zika in South America and the Caribbean. The University of Siena is part of the research consortium, with the team of Professor Maurizio Botta, one of the two Italian companies – along with Edmund Mach Foundation from Trento – who will work with groups of researchers from 18 countries, for a period of three years. With the aim to defeat this virus that has already spread to 73 countries around the world, the ZikAlliance research consortium involving several academic disciplines to first understand the Zika impact on pregnancy and the path of development and spread of this virus in man. Virologist Xavier de Lamballerie (Inserm, IRD, University of Aix-Marseille) . will coordinate the consortium, while activities will officially kick off with the meeting to be held next December 4 and 5, in Sao Paulo. (9Colonne)
