THE PROJECT CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF HUMAN PATHOGENIC VIRUSES IN VECTOR INSECTS. IN PARTICULAR, THE RESEARCH ACTIVITY WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR METHODS IN POINT-OF-CARE MODE (POC) FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF VIRUSES IN MOSQUITOES THAT REPRODUCE IN STAGNANT WATERS AND IN THE ADRIATIC COASTAL LAGOONS, ALSO IN COORDINATION WITH THE REFERENCE ZOOPROPHYLACTIC INSTITUTES. THE PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE MOLECULAR VIROLOGY LABORATORY OF THE ICGEB HEADQUARTERS IN TRIESTE (ACTUATOR) AND PROVIDES FOR A PERIOD OF MOBILITY OF THE RECIPIENT AT THE UNIT D2ÂRISORSE AQUATIC AND MARINE OF THE JRC IN ISPRA, IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT JOINT AND COMPLEMENTARY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFIC METHODS OF AMPLIFICATION IN REAL-TIME PCR FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF WNV AND USUV VIRUSES ALREADY PRESENT IN THE TERRITORY, FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE MAIN KNOWN VIRUSES IMPORTED BY TRAVELLERS (CHIKV, Z