Understanding behaviour and spread of COVID-19 in the UK
- Funded by Department of Health and Social Care / National Institute for Health and Care Research (DHSC-NIHR)
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$5,635,000Funder
Department of Health and Social Care / National Institute for Health and Care Research (DHSC-NIHR)Principal Investigator
Dr and Professor and Professor Kenneth Baillie, Peter Openshaw, Calum SempleResearch Location
United KingdomLead Research Institution
University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London, University of LiverpoolResearch 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
Unspecified
Vulnerable Population
Unspecified
Occupations of Interest
Unspecified
Abstract
The team will collect samples and data from COVID-19 patients in the UK to answer many urgent questions about the virus in real time, such as: who in the population is at higher risk of severe illness what is the best way to diagnose the disease what is happening in their immune systems to help or harm patients how drugs behave in people with the infection how long people are infectious for and from which bodily fluids whether people are infected with other viruses (e.g. flu) at the same time. The study will recruit at least 1,300 UK patients over the next year and aim to start communicating their initial results in months. The team's capacity builds on planning over the past 8 years as part of the International Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Consortium, and it includes co-investigators from six UK universities and Public Health England.