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 - The Prospective COVID-19 Post-Immunization Serological Cohort in Munich (KoCo-Impf): Risk Factors and Determinants of Immune Response in Healthcare Workers [Viruses]
- SARS-CoV-2 Breakthrough Infections: Incidence and Risk Factors in a Large European Multicentric Cohort of Health Workers [Vaccines]
- A Multi-Center Study Investigating Long COVID-19 in Healthcare Workers from North-Eastern Italy: Prevalence, Risk Factors and the Impact of Pre-Existing Humoral Immunity—ORCHESTRA Project [Vaccines]
- European HPC cloud infrastructure for managing SARS-CoV-2 data in compliance with GDPR [European Journal of Public Health]
- SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Re-Infections and Clinical Characteristics: A Two-Year Retrospective Study in a Large University Hospital Cohort of Vaccinated Healthcare Workers [Journal of Clinical Medicine]