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From the Breakthroughs Blog: Zika

World Mosquito Day 2020: Test your mozzie mastery
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
August 17, 2020

World Mosquito Day 2020: Test your mozzie mastery

Can you outsmart the world's deadliest animal? Take GHTC's World Mosquito Day quiz to test your knowledge on R&D for mosquito-borne diseases.

Anna Kovacevich GHTC
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Research Roundup: Vaccine candidate for gestational malaria, FDA fast-tracks coronavirus diagnostic, and Zika vaccine induces potent Zika and dengue antibodies
PATH/Matthew Dakin
February 10, 2020

Research Roundup: Vaccine candidate for gestational malaria, FDA fast-tracks coronavirus diagnostic, and Zika vaccine induces potent Zika and dengue antibodies

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.
Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Faces of Innovation: Dr. James Mutunga, researcher at the US Army Medical Research Directorate
GHTC
November 22, 2019

Faces of Innovation: Dr. James Mutunga, researcher at the US Army Medical Research Directorate

Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Dr. James Mutunga, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Conference, who does research on developing and testing new methods of controlling vector-borne diseases as well as pathogen surveillance in arthropod disease vectors at the US Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa in Kisumu, Kenya. 

Emily Conron GHTC
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Faces of Innovation: Dr. Mark Kortepeter, researcher at University of Nebraska
GHTC
November 21, 2019

Faces of Innovation: Dr. Mark Kortepeter, researcher at University of Nebraska

Faces of Innovation—a new GHTC project that features scientists on the front lines of research and development on new global health tools and technologies—profiles Dr. Mark Kortepeter, who we met at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Conference, who does research on emerging infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Research Roundup: New Zika blood test, TB vaccine shows sustained protection, first Lassa fever vaccine set for trial by year's end
PATH/Satvir Malhotra
November 4, 2019

Research Roundup: New Zika blood test, TB vaccine shows sustained protection, first Lassa fever vaccine set for trial by year's end

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: An experimental Ebola cure may also protect against Nipah virus, gender inequality in clinical trials, and FDA authorizes first Zika diagnostic test for marketing
PATH/Georgina Goodwin
June 3, 2019

Research Roundup: An experimental Ebola cure may also protect against Nipah virus, gender inequality in clinical trials, and FDA authorizes first Zika diagnostic test for marketing

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Tiny guillotine decapitates mosquitoes to fight malaria, new antibody approach to tackling Ebola, and faster and cheaper test to detect Zika
PATH/Mike Wang
April 8, 2019

Research Roundup: Tiny guillotine decapitates mosquitoes to fight malaria, new antibody approach to tackling Ebola, and faster and cheaper test to detect Zika

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Single-dose drug for recurrent malaria, long-acting contraceptive self-administered via microneedles, and fast diagnosis of viruses
PATH/Mike Wang
January 21, 2019

Research Roundup: Single-dose drug for recurrent malaria, long-acting contraceptive self-administered via microneedles, and fast diagnosis of viruses

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: UK vaccine center to help fight epidemics, global map of HIV reveals vaccine challenges, and researchers create antibodies to test and treat Zika
PATH/Mike Wang
December 9, 2018

Research Roundup: UK vaccine center to help fight epidemics, global map of HIV reveals vaccine challenges, and researchers create antibodies to test and treat Zika

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Access to Medicines index released, clinical trial of injectable ARV, and Zika vaccine clears early trial
PATH/Matthew Dakin
November 25, 2018

Research Roundup: Access to Medicines index released, clinical trial of injectable ARV, and Zika vaccine clears early trial

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Chikungunya vaccine trial, Ebola vaccine technology, and Zika biomarkers could lead to prenatal diagnostic
PATH/Satvir Malhotra
November 11, 2018

Research Roundup: Chikungunya vaccine trial, Ebola vaccine technology, and Zika biomarkers could lead to prenatal diagnostic

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Neutralizing Ebola, a prototype to fight the next pandemic, and Zika vaccine trial moves forward
PATH/Eric Becker
September 16, 2018

Research Roundup: Neutralizing Ebola, a prototype to fight the next pandemic, and Zika vaccine trial moves forward

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Innovations in bednets, contraception, and Zika vaccination trials
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
August 19, 2018

Research Roundup: Innovations in bednets, contraception, and Zika vaccination trials

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Wanted: Tools to fight murderous mozzies and their deadly diseases
August 15, 2018

Wanted: Tools to fight murderous mozzies and their deadly diseases

For World Mosquito Day, GHTC is taking a moment to shine a spotlight on the ghastly gang of mosquito-borne diseases and the innovations we need to finish these frightening foes for good.

Marissa Chmiola GHTC
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Research Roundup: Ebola vaccinations in North Kivu, the role of biobanks in research, and a new Zika vaccine candidate
PATH/Georgina Goodwin
August 12, 2018

Research Roundup: Ebola vaccinations in North Kivu, the role of biobanks in research, and a new Zika vaccine candidate

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Dangerous outbreaks, commercializing a low-cost biologics platform, and success against an infection that blinds
PATH/Patrick McKern
July 22, 2018

Research Roundup: Dangerous outbreaks, commercializing a low-cost biologics platform, and success against an infection that blinds

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Ansley Kahn
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Environmental threat of AMR, obstacles with the dengue vaccine, and an Army-developed Zika candidate
PATH/Rocky Prajapati
December 10, 2017

Research Roundup: Environmental threat of AMR, obstacles with the dengue vaccine, and an Army-developed Zika candidate

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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Research Roundup: A mosquito deliverer, the
Photo courtesy Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/Lou Linwei
December 3, 2017

Research Roundup: A mosquito deliverer, the "fake" medicine crisis, and a promising typhoid vaccine

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Dangers of immune response to Zika, curbing HIV and AIDS severity, and a potential leishmaniasis vaccine
PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
November 26, 2017

Research Roundup: Dangers of immune response to Zika, curbing HIV and AIDS severity, and a potential leishmaniasis vaccine

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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Research Roundup: Discerning between Zika and dengue, hope for a GBS vaccine, and killer mosquitoes as mosquito control
PATH/Georgina Goodwin
November 12, 2017

Research Roundup: Discerning between Zika and dengue, hope for a GBS vaccine, and killer mosquitoes as mosquito control

In this regular feature on Breakthroughs, we highlight some of the most interesting reads in global health research from the past week.

Taylor Capizola
GHTC
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