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Household Transmission and Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 among Paediatric Clients of a Primary Care Center in a Low-resource Community in Rio de Janeiro

  • Funded by Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: GB-GOV-13-FUND--GCRF-MR_V033530_1

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2020

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $738,745.48

  • Funder

    Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    United Kingdom

  • Lead Research Institution

    LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Immunity

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Children (1 year to 12 years)Infants (1 month to 1 year)

  • Vulnerable Population

    Other

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

MRC GECO COVID award to study the household transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and to estimate the immunity of the study population against the new virus.