The 6th report (to December 2022) from the CITF-funded Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANCOVID-Preg) project showed a decline since December 2021 in intensive care unit admissions and hospitalizations for pregnant people diagnosed with COVID-19.
A CITF-funded report published in March 2022 by the Canadian COVID-19 Population Serological Survey Utilizing Antenatal Serum Samples (Antenatal Serostudies) project leveraged existing blood samples collected through routine prenatal screening to assess immunity levels in the general population through the lens of the pregnant population.
A CITF-funded group, Canadian Surveillance of COVID-19 in Pregnancy (CANCOVID-Preg), published a research letter in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada in 2021, summarizing its aims and protocols focused on the maternal-newborn population as a pan-Canadian national response to COVID-19.
A study funded in part by CITF, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, found that comorbidities, nutritional status, and older age were associated with severe COVID-19-related outcomes, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and fetal/neonatal morbidity and mortality.
A CITF-funded study, published in Water, reported the development and optimization of a method for SARS-CoV-2 detection in wastewater using moderate-speed centrifuged solids. This method was then compared to an ultrafiltration reference method for detection rate, cost, simplicity, and turnaround times.
A CITF-funded study, published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, reported on the results of serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Black Canadian community and found that early in the pandemic, Black Canadians had disproportionately higher rates of COVID-19 compared to white Canadians.
A CITF-funded study, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, found that longitudinal sero-monitoring for antibodies, combined with PCR or RAT saliva testing for acute infection, increased the detection of re-infections four-fold compared to PCR or RAT tests alone.
A CITF-supported study, published in Health Promotion Practice, presents field notes to provide insights into culturally responsive, trust-centered, and communication-focused strategies that could be used to improve research conducted during a respiratory pathogen pandemic.
In this study update presented as an infographic to the CITF, the research team reported the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection at baseline, incidence of first SARS-CoV-2 infections by six months of follow-up, and the rate of vaccination among people experiencing homelessness in Toronto.
A CITF-supported study, published in medRxiv and undergoing peer review at eLife Sciences, highlighted that to maintain population-level hybrid immunity up-to-date vaccination coverage is required, including among those recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection.