Virology and immunology of emergent arboviruses: learning from the patients - Livestream

Emergent viruses are primarily zoonotic viruses, meaning that they infect both human and non-human animals. They can be transmitted predominantly by aerosols, direct contact or through vectors. This talk will focus on the latter group of emergent viruses, which are transmitted by arthropod vectors (arboviruses). The main arboviruses are transmitted by mosquitoes. We will describe their molecular and genetic characterization during outbreaks and surveillance from febrile patients. We will also explore the immune response in these patients, and what can be learned from survivors and seropositive healthy individuals to create new treatments and define correlates of protection for future vaccine studies. Finally, we will discuss how these patient-based observations can inform more basic in-vitro studies.

Speaker: Sandra Lopez Verges, Gorgas memorial Institute for health Studies, Panama

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