A study of arbovirus-infected individuals that have travelled from outside of the UK
Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Humans infected with an arbovirusInfections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN98882766
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Liverpool
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adults aged 18 years old and above
2. Laboratory confirmed or clinically highly suspected arbovirus infection, defined by: a clinically highly suspected arbovirus is a compatible clinical syndrome in the opinion of the supervising clinician. For example but not exclusively, a patient presenting with a syndrome which may include:
2.1. CNS infection
2.2. Fever and rash
2.3. Fever and myalgia
2.4. Fever and arthralgia
2.5. Plus a negative malaria test
3. Recent travel from another country
Exclusion Criteria
Clinical syndrome incompatible with the positive diagnostic test
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To establish a multi-centre study to recruit up to 200 patients with confirmed arbovirus infections, recruiting from designated sentinel sites to store reference short-term and long-term biological material from across the UK. A participant has been recruited once they have signed an informed consent form, with each participant staying within the study for a maximum of 240 days from presentation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method