Until now, participants could only take part in the study at Amsterdam UMC. Participation is now also possible at Radboud UMC in Nijmegen.
Home visits are also available for housebound and severely ill participants who are unable to travel to the hospital. In these cases, research nurses visit participants at home, where they carry out the measurements and collect blood samples.
The team in Nijmegen works in the same way as the team in Amsterdam.
The new location is important for this region. Many people with post-acute infection syndromes live in the provinces of Gelderland and North Brabant, including people with post-COVID, ME/CFS, and Q fever. Following the Q fever outbreak and the first wave of COVID-19, many people in this region have remained ill for a long time.
Work is also underway to establish new research locations in other parts of the Netherlands.