Covid-19: SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

Key facts

Disease
COVID-19, Unspecified
Start & end year
2024
Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$1,670,627
Funder
Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
Principal Investigator
Schneider Katrin
Research Location
Switzerland
Lead Research Institution
N/A
Research Priority Alignment
N/A

Research Category
Epidemiological studies
Research Subcategory
Disease surveillance & mapping
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable

Abstract

The aim of this contract is to ensure national genomic surveillance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This virus can continuously change through mutations, resulting in multiple variants circulating. Genomic surveillance will focus on virus variants that cause severe illness and lead to hospitalization, as well as virus variants that could impact clinical care or vaccine efficacy, and samples from the Sentinella surveillance system. In addition (outside the scope of this contract), wastewater sequencing (wastewater monitoring) will be conducted to monitor circulating virus variants in the population. The subsidy from this contract will enable the continuation of the national genomic surveillance program for the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its expansion to include influenza and RSV (respiratory virus).

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Women with PCOS have a later menopausal transition and a lower prevalence of menopausal symptoms at age 46: A population-based birth cohort study.

Temperament and risk of disability pensions in early middle age: A 22-year follow-up study of the northern Finland birth cohort 1966.

Clusters of parental socioeconomic status in early childhood and inherited risk for cerebrovascular disease until mid-life-Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966.

Productivity costs of lifelong smoking-the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study.

Association between participation in the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts and cardiometabolic disorders.

High-sensitivity troponin-T levels and associated health conditions in 3146 women aged 46.

Association of accelerometer-measured physical activity, back static muscular endurance and abdominal obesity with radicular pain and non-specific low back pain.

Divergent Survival Outcomes Associated with Elevated Branched-Chain Amino Acid Levels among Older Adults with or without Hypertension and Diabetes: A Validated, Prospective, Longitudinal Follow-Up Study.