Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 227 days ago
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
At the start of the 2020/2021 academic year some education providers established in-house testing facilities.These specialised sites were created in response to the sharp increase in asymptomatic COVID-19 infection rates among the student population. Their services ran alongside those provided by the UK government, which mainly monitored self-referred symptomatic cases of infection.
Seeing the potential highly controlled cohorts such as these had, the Universities of Nottingham, Cambridge and Cardiff combined resources to create the ACE cohort, which is made up of students and staff who have consented for research.
The cohort’s differences in region, demographics and living arrangement provides unique data that are particularly valuable when investigating the development of immunity against SARS-CoV-2. It is also helpful to studies examining underappreciated aspects of COVID-19 infection, such as the impact of virus mutation on the development of immune response.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
0-26
Follow Up:
Other
Pathway:
Secondary Care
Provenance
Origin
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Distribution Release Date:
01 March 2023
Start Date:
01 August 2020
Time Lag:
More than 6 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP).
Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data
within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Access Request Cost:
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number
of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL
needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes,
analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case
technological requirements.
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
General research use
Data Use Requirements:
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
["SAIL"]
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL database table
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations.
3000000
Count
01 August 2020