The aim of this website is to provide a platform for sharing and developing research priorities, protocols and data capture systems alongside the latest epidemiological and clinical management information about Zika infection.
| Information Brazilian Ministry of Health (SVS/MS) - Zika Virus (Portuguese)
Brazilian Ministry of Health (SVS/MS) - Microcephaly (Portuguese)
PAHO/WHO Zika Virus Infection (English)
ECDC Zika virus Infection (English)
CDC Zika Virus Infection (English)
The Lancet Zika Virus resource centre (English)
Eurosurveillance Zika virus infection compilation (English) PLOS Zika Virus Collection (English) Emerging Infectious Diseases Zika Spotlight (English) OCHA: Zika and Dengue Outbreaks (English) BMJ Zika resource page (Multiple Languages)
Colombia: Instituto Nacional de Salud (Spanish)
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Guidelines CONSISE standardized research protocols (English) |
The toolkit is based on guidelines developed by scientists funded by the EUHorizon2020 grant and the ZikaPLAN-supported IGOSZika project. Read more
A new strategic partnership between Fiocruz and The Global Health Network will amplify the impact of Fiocruz’s health research and capacity development initiatives by promoting research capacity building across Portuguese-speaking countries, and enabling Read more
Zika CRFs Data Dictionaries v5.8 available to download from the Zika Infection website. Read more
Resources include high-level justification for why engagement is important in an epidemic situation, as well as practical guides and tools on how to implement engagement activities in these circumstances. Read more
PAHO have just released their document on their Ethics Guidance on Key Issues raised by the Outbreak. Ethical duties in the domains of health care delivery, public health activity, and research are explained. A Spanish version will be published next week.
Zika virus strains available from UK National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses
The UK National Collection of Pathogenic Viruses have a Ugandan strain of Zika virus available for international research. Virus culture and RNA formats are available. See more information here. They will soon have a strain isolated from Puerto Rico available too.
This is the first study providing evidence for Zika virus infection causing Guillain-Barré syndrome. Because Zika virus is spreading rapidly across the Americas, at risk countries need to prepare for adequate intensive care beds capacity to manage patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome. See the article here and an editorial here.
REDe is tasked with creating a regional research network that is able to respond to emerging infectious diseases. This regionally-led network needs to be equipped with the knowledge, methods, skills and capabilities to support a high quality, rapid and coherent research response to the Zika outbreak in the short term.
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