The INFANT Foundation is working on a new project called "MITS COVID 19" whose objective is to determine the pathophysiological mechanisms of SARS CoV2 infection in the mortality (COVID19) of adults and children in the AMBA region through multicenter observational studies with a combined sampling approach. Minimally invasive tissue sampling (post-mortem biopsies) taking into account the clinical history and determination of the final cause of death through the individual and systematized analysis of a panel of experts (DeCoDe). The hospitals that are part of this research are: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires (HIBA), Hospital Militar Central Cirujano Mayor Dr. Cosme Argerich (CABA), Hospital Sup. Sor María Ludovica (La Plata). We also have the collaborations of the US National Institute of Health and Environment (NIEHS) and the MITS Surveillance Alliance Secretariat, we the support and funding of the MITS Surveillance Alliance. Infant has been working on this project since June 2020 and it is estimated that it will last until October of this year (2020).
