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 ...
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Final workshop on conducting clinical research during disease outbreaks
Addis Ababa, 13 July 2017 – The second and final workshop of the inaugural Clinical Research During Outbreaks (CREDO) course was held in Addis Ababa on 12-13 July 2017. The workshop ...
Acute respiratory pandemics: how to plan for and manage (up-coming course)
ACUTE RESPIRATORY PANDEMICS: HOW TO PLAN FOR AND MANAGE 9–11 NOVEMBER, 2017 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS This practical course will cover outbreak investigation, pandemic planning, recent developments in respiratory pathogen biology ...
Dr Fernando Bozza to give a talk about international collaboration during the Zika outbreak
Oxford, 30 June 2017 -- Dr Bozza, one of ISARIC’s regional representatives for the Americas and Head of Critical Care, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, will ...
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.
Shanghai, 05 April 2017 - The Horizon 2020 call by the European Commission’s Directorate-General Research and Innovation has funded the ZIKAlliance project to better characterise the clinical and fundamental aspects ...
Risk of microcephaly after Zika virus infection in Brazil, 2015 to 2016
The Horizon 2020 call by the European Commission’s Directorate-General Research and Innovation has funded the ZIKAlliance project to better characterise the clinical and fundamental aspects of infections by Zika ...
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ZIKAlliance Kick-off Meeting in Brazil
Hosted by University of 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 ...
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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 to facilitate collaboration between members on Zika funded research projects. The ...
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NEW publication: A multicenter retrospective cohort study of critically ill patients with MERS
Severe respiratory illness, common multisystem organ dysfunction, and a high risk of death make organ-supporting therapy a critical component of MERS care and highlight the pressing need for evaluation of specific antiviral therapies. Read more
Zika Cross-Consortia Data Sharing Session at IPK, Havana, Cuba
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 ... Read more
NEW ISARIC's members publication: The hidden burden of influenza
A review of the extra-pulmonary complications of influenza infection. Read more
VIDEO - Challenges of scientific collaboration during the Zika outbreak in Brazil
During this seminar, Dr Fernando Bozza reviews the Zika outbreak evolution in Brazil and explores what worked and what did not work from the point of view of clinical research. Read more
Training Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine
The Wellcome Trust offers research experience and training to early-stage researchers from low- and middle-income countries. The scheme aims to support research that will improve public health and tropical medicine at a local, national and global level. Read more
Newly Created: GloPID-R's Clinical Trial Networks Working Group
Various clinical trial networks are being funded by GloPID-R members to ensure a rapid clinical research response to epidemics. The Clinical Trial Networks Working Group (CTN WG) provides the opportunity for networks like ISARIC to meet regularly and learn about ... Read more
ZikaPLAN Meetings and Workshop at the 15th International Dengue Course at IPK in Havana
August 14, 2017 - More than 65 participants attended the second annual ZikaPLAN consortium meeting that took place at the historically important Pedro Kouri Institute (IPK) in Cuba, August 12-13. Read more
Re-evaluation of routine dengue virus serology in travelers in the era of Zika virus emergence
Researchers have demonstrated that the recent ZIKV outbreak in Latin America substantially affects the DENV serology in routine diagnostic laboratories. Read more
Guidance on MERS-CoV: clinical decision making support for treatment
An overview of available evidence and experience on investigational therapeutics for clinicians treating confirmed cases of MERS-CoV from Public Health England and ISARIC. Read more
Challenges of scientific collaboration during an outbreak: the recent experience with Zika in Brazil
Dr Fernando Bozza will give a talk in Oxford on the 6th of July 2017 about international collaboration during the Zika outbreak. Read more
GloPID-R Recognized at G20 Health Ministers Meeting
The importance of GloPID-R’s work, along with other initiatives, in research and development preparedness was mentioned at the G20 Health Ministers Meeting in Berlin, Germany on May 19 – 20, 2017. Read more
Ebola Data Tools - May 2017 Update Now Available
ISARIC and ISARIC's partners and collaborators have developed a number of data tools to support clinical research and data collection during and following Ebola outbreaks, all of which are freely available for download and adaption here. 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 CDISC Data Standard Aids Development of Therapies for Ebola Virus
The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) and the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) announce the availability of a new standard to assist in the collection, aggregation and analysis of Ebola virus disease (EVD) research data. Read more
Updated Zika CRFs Data Dictionaries v5.8 now available
Updated Zika CRFs Data Dictionaries v5.8 are now available to download from the Zika Infection website. Read more
Global research platforms receive €30M to combat Zika
Oxford --21 October 2016, ISARIC members are part of two successful bids to the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme that will set up multinational and multi-disciplinary research consortia to combat Zika virus (ZIKV) infection and build pandemic ... Read more
ISARIC Statement - EDCTP Collaborations
The recently launched EDCTP call Research and Clinical Management of Patients with PRD epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa encourages applicants to work with national, regional, and international initiatives such as ISARIC and PREPARE Europe. Successful applications will have gone through a ... Read more
Chair's Message
New Chair Peter Horby's first message as ISARIC Chair
Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to be the new Chair of ISARIC and “thank-you” to the many members who have sent messages of support and encouragement. I would like to start my tenure by expressing gratitude on behalf of ISARIC ... Read more
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