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Description
Just as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused millions of deaths worldwide and socio-economic disruptions in a short period of time, other pathogenic viruses will certainly emerge or re-emerge in the future. Global capacity for rapid detection and characterization of viruses is thus of utmost importance, not only to mitigate pandemic threats in human populations, but also to protect wildlife and biodiversity. Here, we have assembled a consortium of seven laboratories from the Wallonie-Bruxelles Federation (WBF) universities (ULiege, ULB, UCL and UNamur), one Rwandan University: University of Rwanda (UR), two Rwanda government institutions: Rwanda Development Board (RDB), and Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), and a Rwandan non-for-profit organization: Partners for Conservation (PFC). The teams will collectively work to implement methods and tools providing a dynamic landscape of viruses circulating in human and wildlife in Rwanda, particularly in the region where endangered species such as mountain gorillas live, and habitats of other non-human primates, as well as bats that are important reservoirs for zoonotic viruses. This objective will be achieved through establishing an interdisciplinary pipeline of a "one health" research that will ultimately increase capacities of Rwandan laboratories located at UR, RDB and RBC. The analyses of viral genomes, will allow to highlight candidate viruses with the potential to cause global pandemics, and to help formulate risk mitigation strategies. This program will necessitate collaboration and cooperation with local communities to ensure that the population regularly in contact with wildlife understands the risk of viral transmission, and for the adoption of surveillance measures in case of disease threats.
Acronyme | PRD-ZoonVir |
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statut | En cours d'exécution |
Les dates de début/date réelle | 1/10/24 → 30/09/29 |
Attachement à un institut de recherche reconnus à l'UNAMUR
- ILEE
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