Sao Paulo – It has officially kicked off with the first meeting at the School of Medicine of the University of Sao Paulo the ZIKAlliance activities, the international multidisciplinary consortium that was awarded by the European Union 12 million euros as part of the Horizon 2020 program to realize a research project against the epidemic caused by Zika virus in South America and the Caribbean. The University of Siena, with the group of Professor Maurizio Botta, participates in the consortium that brings together 52 institutional partners from 18 different countries of the world, called to collaborate with the coordination of the virologist Xavier de Lamballerie (Inserm, IRD, University of Aix-Marseille ). (9Colonne)
