COVID-19: award for MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
- Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
- Total publications:6 publications
Grant number: MC_PC_19061
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Start & end year
20202021Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$843,750Funder
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)Principal Investigator
Prof. Umberto D'AlessandroResearch Location
GambiaLead Research Institution
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics
Research Subcategory
Immunity
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
Not applicable
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Adults (18 and older)Children (1 year to 12 years)
Vulnerable Population
Pregnant women
Occupations of Interest
Unspecified
Abstract
This award is being made in recognition that key Unit staff have been redeployed from their usual work, and Unit resources utilised, to contribute to the first phase of a rapid research response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among their studies they are conducting a surveillance programme to document the proportion of acute respiratory illness in adults and children caused by SARS-CoV-2, performing studies to assess the prevelance of COVID-19 among pregnant women and adverse foetal effects, and studies to define the clinical presentation and understanding transmission and antibody dynamics in COVID19 infected individuals.
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