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Sandra Abbo wins Zika virus poster award

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25 de junio de 2018

Sandra Abbo has received the best poster award at the 2nd International conference on Zika virus, in Tallinn, Estonia. Sandra is a PhD candidate at the Laboratory of Virology of Wageningen University, where she conducts research within the ZonMw-funded project ‘ZikaRisk’. She investigates whether or not Dutch mosquitoes can transmit Zika virus. Sandra has won the poster award for her work on the development of a safe Zika vaccine, which is based on virus-like particles from insect cells.