Table 1 Overview of COVID-specific attributes added to BBMRI-ERIC Directory.

From: BBMRI-ERIC’s contributions to research and knowledge exchange on COVID-19

Attributes added on the biobank level

Attributes added on the collection level

Biobank providing services relevant to COVID-19:

• Member COVID-19 network

Availability of the services provided by the biobank:

• Antibody development

• Proteomics studies including protein engineering and protein interactions

• Screening tools for searching virus proteases inhibitors

• Animal testing facility

• Ability to set up prospective collections

• Ability to set up clinical trials

• Virus sequencing facility

• BSL-2 laboratory available

• BSL-3 laboratory available

• Laboratories doing PCR-based diagnosis

Relevant diagnoses:

• U07.1—laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis

• U07.2—suspect or probable COVID-19 diagnosis

Availability of relevant data and products:

• Data on clinical symptoms

• Data on disease duration and disease outcome

• Antibodies titer (IgM and IgG)

• CT imaging of lungs, alternatively Xray

• Blood count and other lab results especially at the moment of hospital admission,

• Treatment protocol (types of drugs used)