DATA and SAMPLE ACCESS REQUESTS
Access to all data and samples collected by ISARIC4C are controlled by an Independent Data and Materials Access Committee (IDAMAC), composed of representatives of research funders, academia, clinical medicine, public health and industry. Their job is to ensure that all data and samples are used to generate the greatest possible benefit to humanity, in the shortest possible time.
Any investigator with the resources and capability can apply to access finite materials or protected data using the form below. The only requirement is that all data generated from ISARIC4C samples are shared immediately after generation, in a machine-readable format, with the ISARIC4C data linkage team. This ensures that discoveries with an urgent application to public health are not delayed. Data that you generate will not be used in publications without your prior agreement.
What do we have?
Please carefully read the clinical characterisation protocol and case report forms here to see what samples we are able to obtain during outbreaks, to understand of clincal data that we collect, before you submit a request.
Andes hantavirus: confirmed and suspected contacts
- Enrolment: Serum, EDTA blood, Whole blood RNA in preservative, viral throat swab, Case Report Form
- Weekly: Serum, viral throat swab, Case Report Form
Sample and Data access
If you are interested in requesting samples or data please briefly answer the questions below and send to isaric4c-samples@roslin.ed.ac.uk, including this statement in your email:
“I agree for the contents of my application to be shared publicly on the internet and other media by the ISARIC 4C consortium.”
- Why will this help the global response to COVID19?
- What will you do with the samples or data?
- What samples (type & volume) or data do you need?
- What is your previous track record of delivering similar work?
- When will you complete the proposed work?
- How will you fund the proposed work?
- How do you plan to share data, results, and products from these samples?
- How do you plan to ensure the safe handling and secure storage of samples and data?
- When and how will you share any data you generate with the ISARIC4C team?
