Forging Collaborative Relationships in Brazil: From AIDS to ZIKV

David H O'Connor; Jorge E Osorio; Amilcar Tanuri; Esper G Kallas

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.023

Forging Collaborative Relationships in Brazil: From AIDS to ZIKV

Cell. 2016 Jun 30;166(1):2-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.023.

Authors

David H O'Connor¹, Jorge E Osorio², Amilcar Tanuri³, Esper G Kallas⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA. Electronic address: dhoconno@wisc.edu.
² Department of Pathobiological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
³ Department of Genetics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-90, Brazil.
⁴ Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy and Department of Infectious Diseases, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo 01246-903, Brazil. Electronic address: esper.kallas@usp.br.

PMID: 27368092
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.06.023

Abstract

The Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak has stimulated collaborations between Brazilians, researchers from other South American countries, and scientists from around the world. The Brazilian response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic demonstrates capabilities that can be applied to the study of ZIKV and provides lessons for developing effective international infectious disease research collaborations.

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / epidemiology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / physiopathology
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / therapy
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / virology*
Biomedical Research*
Brazil / epidemiology
Humans
International Cooperation
Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology
Zika Virus Infection / physiopathology
Zika Virus Infection / virology*