Cohort information

ITALY WP5
Organization University of Trieste (UNITS)
Name of cohort TRIESTE
Referring partner UNIVR
Cohort Information Country(-ies), cities, regions or centers involved Trieste, Italy
Time of data collection 03/2020 Ongoing
Enrolment Inactive
Study setting Single center
Population Age Adults
Type Retrospective
Total number of patients 7960
Data collection Clinical data True
Serological data True
Genetic data False
Sample collection True
Sample collected Whole blood Yes
PBMC No
Dry-spot blood No
Plasma No
Serum No
Stool No
NP swabs Yes
Other Salivary swabs
Description The cohort consists of over seven thousand healthcare workers from ASUGI (Trieste, Gorizia), stratified by gender, age and job title. The subjects are vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 and periodically tested with nasopharyngeal or salivary swabs. Subjects were also tested with serology test between after vaccination. Clinical data were collected via online questionnaire.
Publications - Determinants of Anti-S Immune Response at 6 Months after COVID-19 Vaccination in a Multicentric European Cohort of Healthcare Workers – ORCHESTRA project [Frontiers in Immunology]
- Determinants of Anti-S Immune Response at 9 Months after COVID-19 Vaccination in a Multicentric European Cohort of Healthcare Workers-ORCHESTRA Project [Viruses]
- Primary SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Re-infections and Vaccine Effectiveness during the Omicron Transmission Period in Healthcare Workers of Trieste and Gorizia (Northeast Italy), 1 December 2021–31 May 2022 [Viruses]
- Temporal trends of COVID-19 antibodies in vaccinated healthcare workers undergoing repeated serological sampling: An individual-level analysis within 13 months in the ORCHESTRA cohort [Frontiers in Immunology]
- SARS-CoV-2 Reinfections in Health-Care Workers, 1 March 2020–31 January 2023 [Viruses]