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Brazil and University of Texas reach deal on Zika vaccine | Brazil and University of Texas reach deal on Zika vaccine |
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BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil is signing an agreement with the University of Texas to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, the country’s health minister said Thursday, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months. | |
Marcelo Castro said at a news conference that the Brazilian government will invest $1.9 million in the research, which will be jointly conducted by the University of Texas and the Evandro Chagas Institute in the Amazonian city of Belem. | |
He said the Health Ministry also has reached vaccine partnerships with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is looking to work with pharmaceutical giant GSK. | |
Brazilian officials have previously said any vaccine for the disease could take three to five years. | |
Brazil’s Zika outbreak has become a public health crisis since researchers here linked the mosquito-borne virus to a surge in a rare birth defects compromising infants’ brains. The connection has yet to be scientifically proven, but the CDC has pointed to strong evidence of a link between the two and called on pregnant women to avoid travel to 22 countries with active outbreaks. | |
Castro said WHO chief Margaret Chan is expected to visit Brazil on Feb. 23. | |
An initial delegation of 15 researchers from the CDC was slated to arrive in Brazil on Friday, Castro said. | |
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