Henry Ford Health System issued the following announcement on May 20.
Henry Ford Health System is first in the country to enroll a patient in the Human Epidemiology and Response to SARS-CoV-2 (HEROS) study, which aims to help determine the rate of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, among U.S. children and their family members, and what percentage of children infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop symptoms of the disease. The study will also examine whether rates of SARS-CoV-2 infection differ between children who have asthma or other allergic conditions and children who do not. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is sponsoring and funding the HEROS study.
Henry Ford is the only health system in Michigan participating in the HEROS study.
“Henry Ford Health System has long running pediatric research cohorts comprising some of the most diverse populations in the country,” said Christine Cole Johnson, Ph.D., MPH, chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at Henry Ford Health System. “We are committed to studying pediatric health not only clinically, but also from an epidemiological perspective. We are honored to be part of this important research initiative that will provide meaningful insight into how the novel coronavirus affects some of the youngest members of our communities.”
The HEROS study team is rapidly enrolling 6,000 people from 2,000 U.S. families already participating in NIH-funded pediatric research studies in 11 cities. The study team will prospectively follow these children and their families for six months to determine who gets infected with SARS-CoV-2, whether the virus is transmitted to other family members, and which family members with the virus develop COVID-19.
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Source: Henry Ford Health System
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