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Assessment of the clinical and analytical performance of three Seegene Allplex SARS-CoV-2 assays within the VALCOR framework.
national health authorities is that SARS-CoV-2 will reside as an endemic respiratory disease for years to come. The key strategic consideration is hence shifting from combating a pandemic situation with ...
Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death using electronic health records in six European countries
This report presents pooled COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates for the first, second and third booster doses, against hospitalisation due to COVID-19 and COVID-19 related deaths in resident ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among adults in Belgium
study aimed to investigate factors influencing the uptake of first and second COVID-19 booster vaccines among adults in Belgium, particularly age, sex, region of residence and laboratory confirmed ...
Monitoring COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalisation and death using electronic health registries in ≥65 years old population in six European countries, October 2021 to November 2022.
using electronic health registries (EHR), between October 2021 and November 2022, in community-dwelling residents aged 65-79 and ≥80 years in six European countries. METHODS: EHR linkage was used to ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
(2022) Keywords: COVID-19 long-term care facilities Abstract: In April 2020, Belgium experienced high numbers of fatal COVID-19 cases among nursing home (NH) residents. In response, a mass testing campaign ...
Vaccine effectiveness of the second and third COVID-19 boosters in Belgium (administered during 2022 autumn campaign)
February 16, 2022) . From May 2022, Flanders offered a second booster vaccination to nursing home (NH) residents and people aged over 80 years. In early July 2022, a second booster vaccination was offered to ...
Urinary tract infections in nursing home residents: Understanding the epidemiology and the clinical diagnosis and management
Publication Type: Dissertation Authors: Katrien Latour; Jan De Lepeleire; Frank Buntinx; Boudewijn Catry Source: KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, p.168 (2023) ISBN: 9789075828382 Keywords: long-term care facilities; healthcare-associated infections; antimicrob ...
Exploratory study of risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
the second COVID-19 wave in Belgium, capillary blood was collected on dried blood spots from 60 residents and staff in each of the 20 participating NH in Flanders and Brussels. The presence of ...
Epidemiology of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium from wave 1 to wave 7 (March 2020 – 11 September 2022)
were laboratory-confirmed cases. During wave 1, 4.0% of COVID-19 deaths were radiologically-confirmed cases and 26.8% were possible cases. Nursing home residents 44.7% of the COVID-19 deaths were nursing ...
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic infection and hospitalisation in Belgium, July 2021 to May 2022.
used a test-negative design and proportional hazard regression to estimate VE i and VE h, controlling for prior infection, time since vaccination, age, sex, residence and calendar week of ...