ISARIC - Infectious diseases

PREPARE & GloPID-R report on the "Reaching out" event is live!

Dr Fernando Bozza to give a talk about international collaboration during the Zika outbreak

Challenges of scientific collaboration during an outbreak: the recent experience with Zika in Brazil

Funding available for the SPSAS in Arbovirology in Brazil

15th International Dengue Course and ZIKAlliance WP1 meeting to be held in Cuba next August

Global research platforms receive €30M to combat Zika

Global research platforms receive €30M to combat Zika   Oxford --21 October 2016, ISARIC members are part of two successful bids to the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme that will set up multinational and multi-disciplinary research consortia to combat Zika virus (ZIKV) infection and build pandemic preparedness in Latin America and the Caribbean over the next 3 to 5 years, the European Commission announced today.

Peter Horby: Science in a crisis, fast-forwarding clinical research for Ebola

Video of Professor Peter Horby, the University of Oxford, on how he and his team set up clinical trials in the heart of the Ebola outbreak.

‘Big-data’ to prolong the efficacy of antimalarial treatments

The extent and nature of drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax malaria

Whilst our understanding of drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum is quite well understood, the extent and nature of resistance in Plasmodium vivax parasites is for the most part unknown.

ISARIC-WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol for Severe Emerging Infection (Master)

The ISARIC-WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol for Severe Emerging Infection, with supporting documents. Under WHO ERB review.

Prof Peter Piot on Ebola

Professor Peter Piot, LSHTM, talks about Ebola and implications for Africa and understanding future epidemics at the Martin School, University of Oxford, 16th October 2014.

UK Clinical Characterisation Protocol for Severe Emerging Infection v7

Access the WHO/ISARIC Clinical Characterisation Protocol for Severe Emerging Infection (v7), which is currently being rolled out in the UK. Site files for other countries will be made available in due course.

ISARIC-SARI-BSP Adapted Study Documents - Protocols

You can download protocols from a variety of sites implementing the ISARIC-SARI-BSProtocol by selecting the document from the list on the right. 

Singapore SARI BSP Documents

ISARIC/WHO BSP sampling plan and CRF adapted by the Singapore Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Study Group, available for download.

ISARIC Novel Coronavirus CRF Version 1.3

This is the ISARIC case-report form if you wish to use it for cases of human infection with the novel coronavirus (hCoV-EMC).

Bibliography: Articles of Interest for potential nCoV treatment

A bibliography for articles that may be of interest when treating patients diagnosed with novel coronavirus.

Clinical research needs for patients infected with the Novel Coronavirus - Proposals from ISARIC

ISARIC - Inernational Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium broadcast a statement outlining proposals for a research agenda with regards to the novel coronavirus, through ProMED on December 8th. The statement includes a description of potential observatinal studies, RCTs, a sampling plan, and suggestions for possible interventions.

Novel coronavirus sampling plan

A sample plan for sample collection with regards to a potential novel coronavirus outbreak, developed by Kenneth Baillie and ISARIC's Working Group 3.