ULiège - Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium
" In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this project involves collecting samples of human bodily material (HBM) for research projects aimed at better understanding and fighting this disease. 1 / Collection of blood and respiratory HBM from 500 patients with COVID-19 virus infection, as well as of post-mortem kidney and lung biopsies. 2 / Collection of blood HBM from 4000 healthy hospital and university staff members, currently not infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus, but possibly previously infected. SARS-CoV2 serology will be measured at 3 time points during the pandemia. "
Funding: Fondation Léon Frédéricq Wallonia Region ULiège CHU Liège
Contact: Pascale Huynen, Dpt of Microbiology, CHU of Liège. Stéphanie Gofflot, BHUL (CHU of Liège biobank).