EVA VERONESI PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS
- 2020 - 2021
“Evaluation of the vector competence for dengue and chikungunya viruses among the Aedes albopictus population from CantonTicino and estimation of the epidemic risk” collaborative research with the Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI, funding 51,000 CHF).
- 2019 - 2021
“Vector competence of biting midges (Culicoides spp.) from Switzerland for viruses (AHVS, EHDV, SBV) under realistic conditions, and establishing a novel arbovirus sentinel assay” (funded by FVSO Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV,Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft - 126,917 CHF).
- 2018 - 2021
“Aedes invasive mosquitoes (AIM)” COST ACTION CA17108 Cost Association (funded by COST European Cooperation in Science & Technology, Horizon 2020 EC grant).
- 2018 - 2022
“Lumpy skin disease: improvement of diagnostic methods and assessment of the vector potential of insects of Switzerland” (funded by FVSO Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, CH grant agreement 1.18d - 215,000 CHF).
- 2017 - 2022
“INFRAVEC2 - Integrated activities for advanced communities” INFRAIA-01-2016-2017 (funded by the Research and Innovation Programme, Horizon 2020, EC Grant agreement n. 731060- total funds10M € for 24 partners, allocated funding for PI: 75,000 €).
- 2018
“Infravec2 – PAMCA Regional workshop on preparedness and capacity building for vector-borne disease control” run at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) (Nairobi, Kenya) (funded by the FVSO Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, CH and Pan-African Mosquito Control Association, PAMCA - 18,000 CHF).
- 2017 - 2021
“ZikAlliance, a global alliance for Zika virus control and prevention” SC1-PM-22-2016 (funded by the Research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, EC grant agreement 734548 – total funds 15,5M € for 54 partners, allocated funding for PI: 175,000 €).
- 2016
“Assessment of Aedes aegypti WB2- BR line vector competence against Zika virus” (funded by International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, AU - 20,000 €).
- 2015 - 2017
“Vector capacity of (pre)-alpine biting midges (Ceratopogonidae, Culicoides spp.) for Orbiviruses” (funded by FVSO Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, CH - 123,000 CHF).
- 2015 - 2017
“AMSAR Arbovirus Monitoring, Surveillance and Research – capacity building on mosquitoes and biting midges” (funded by SNF SCOPES, CH - 230,000 CHF).
- 2015 - 2017
“Experimental evaluation of infection, dissemination and transmission rates for two strains of WNV in Aedes japonicus under a fluctuating temperature regime” (funded by FVSO Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen BLV, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, CH).
- 2014 - 2015