Queensland researchers unite to fight Zika The Aedes aegypti mosquito.28 April 2016 Kick-starter funding of $50,000 has helped unite Brisbane-based researchers in the battle against Zika virus. Researchers at The University of Queensland and the Medical Research Institute are using a $50,000 grant to develop new weapons against the devastating virus. UQ Head said the UQ and QIMR Berghofer teams were contributing to international efforts to deal with the epidemic sweeping through South American countries and threatening to spread further. “This timely funding will help build our local collaboration,” he said. Professor Young said the mosquito-borne viral disease was responsible for millions of cases of fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis, and had been linked to abnormalities in brain
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