LHUB-ULB - Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
" "The purpose of this study is to map the healthcare workers exposure risk in Saint-Pierre University Hospital by combining molecular methods with serological assays. In summary, the short-term objective is threefold: (1) Provide an estimate of the sero-prevalence at baseline among high-risk health care workers (2) Determine prospectively the incidence of new SARS-CoV-2 infections among high-risk health care workers (3) Estimate the healthcare worker exposure to the virus by serological data to help our five partner hospitals in their day-to-day management of the ongoing pandemic The mid-term objectives are: (1) Establish an accurate mapping of the spread of the virus among our population allowing to identify the chain of transmission, (2) Identify predictive immunological markers of susceptibility to infection and disease severity to inform vaccine strategies and, (3) Establish solid diagnosis algorithm that will help adequate lockdown exit strategies." "
Funding: Vesale Fundation
Contact: Olivier Vandenberg, Innovation and Business Development Unit, LHUB-ULB (Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire Bruxelles - Universitair Laboratorium Brussel), Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.