South American nations to draw closer on Zika

Researchers in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay want to deepen their cooperation to be prepared for a potential second wave of the Zika virus, a symposium has heard.

Scientists meeting in Brasilia, Brazil’s capital, on 26 June agreed that better collaboration between the three countries would make Zika research more resilient. This is particularly important to protect the field from dips in funding, the event heard, in case one of the three partners experiences economic volatility.