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Belgian Cancer Barometer 2020 |
BCB2020 |
January 6, 2020 |
January 3, 2021 |
Cancer centre |
cancer |
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Reduction of Campylobacter in broiler flocks: identification of risk factors, evaluation of increased biosecurity measures and the protective effect of the microbiota of Campylobacter free flocks |
CAMPREVENT |
January 15, 2018 |
January 15, 2021 |
Foodborne pathogens |
Campylobacter, broiler, interventions |
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Determination of propylene glycol levels in foodstuffs and exposure assessment for the Belgian population |
PROPYLENE GLYCOL DRINKS |
December 1, 2019 |
January 22, 2021 |
Organic contaminants and additives |
food additives, Propane-1, 2-diol (propylene glycol), E1520, non-alcoholic drinks, exposure assessment |
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Development of a multi-method for the analysis of additives in foodstuffs |
MULTIMADD |
November 16, 2018 |
January 31, 2021 |
Organic contaminants and additives |
food additives, multi class-multi method, banned substances |
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Research into the dietary exposure of the Belgian Population to Steviol Glycosides |
Stevia |
August 1, 2019 |
January 31, 2021 |
Organic contaminants and additives |
sweeteners, steviol glycosides, dietary intake |
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Support of Theileria vaccine production at the Centre for Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases (CTTBD, Malawi) and development of an in vitro potency method |
CTTBD-GALVmed |
March 1, 2018 |
February 27, 2021 |
Viral reemerging enzootic and bee diseases |
East Coast fever, Theileria parva, ticks, in vitro cell cultures, immunohistochemistry |
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Comparing vaccines, batch by batch, by performing consistency tests |
VAC2VAC |
March 1, 2016 |
February 28, 2021 |
Quality of vaccines and blood products |
research, standardisation, 3R |
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Joint Action on Health Information |
InfAct – Information for Action |
March 1, 2018 |
February 28, 2021 |
Epidemiology and public health |
EU health information, health information system, Joint Action, population health, health care system |
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Belgians debate the COVID-19 vaccination |
Coronaconsultaties |
October 15, 2022 |
March 1, 2021 |
Kankercentrum |
COVID-19, focus groups, vaccination, ethics, citizen engagement |
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Infusion factors for pesticide residues in tea and infusions |
PESTEAFUSE |
August 1, 2020 |
March 31, 2021 |
Risk and health impact assessment, Organic contaminants and additives |
pesticides, tea, infusion, transfer factors |
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Presence of chlorinated paraffins in foodstuffs and intake of the Belgian population |
PARCLINTA |
June 1, 2019 |
May 31, 2021 |
Risk and health impact assessment, Organic contaminants and additives, Platform chromatography and mass spectrometry, Transversal activities in applied genomics |
chlorinated paraffins, food analysis, method development |
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Characterisation of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, including plasmids, through the development of a generic NGS-based workflow and adapted databases |
AMRSeq |
June 1, 2017 |
May 31, 2021 |
Transversal activities in applied genomics |
NGS, AMR, antimicrobial resistance, plasmid, sequencing, MinION, third generation sequencing, hybrid assembly, database, food isolate, human isolate, GMM |
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Recent data predict an increased risk for virus transmission upon Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) introduction in pigs: study of JEV induced immune responses and evaluation of diagnostic tests |
JEV-PIG-IMMUNODIA |
October 1, 2017 |
June 30, 2021 |
Viral reemerging enzootic and bee diseases |
Japanese encephalitis virus, flavivirus, mosquito, pig, vector-borne disease, immunology, diagnostics |
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Occurrence of tropane alkaloids in foodstuffs and risks for the Belgian consumer |
TROPAL |
October 1, 2019 |
June 30, 2021 |
Risk and health impact assessment, Organic contaminants and additives |
tropane alkaloids, LC-MS/MS, exposure assessment, GIS |
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Nature impact on mental health distribution |
NAMED |
July 1, 2017 |
June 30, 2021 |
Risk and health impact assessment |
mental health, (non-)built environment, air pollution, health interview survey, geographical information system, Brussels-Capital Region |
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Belgian Bioelectromagnetics Group (2017-2021) |
BBEMG |
July 1, 2017 |
June 30, 2021 |
Risk and health impact assessment |
electromagnetic fields, Alzheimer’s disease, genetic effects, project coordination, BBEMG |
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Development and harmonization of innovative methods for comprehensive analysis of foodborne toxigenic bacteria |
TOX-detect |
January 1, 2018 |
June 30, 2021 |
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bacterial toxins, food-poisoning outbreaks, toxigenic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, non-NGS |
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SARS-CoV-2 prevalence, seroprevalence and seroconversion among healthcare workers in Belgium during the COVID-19 outbreak between April 2020 and April 2021 |
SARS-CoV-2 HCW |
March 1, 2020 |
July 31, 2021 |
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance |
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, seroprevalence, healthcare worker, infection control, public health |
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VALidation of SARS-CORona Virus-2 assays |
VALCOR |
April 1, 2020 |
September 30, 2021 |
Cancer centre |
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Determination of the predominant (co-)occurrences and single and combined exposures of food additives in the diet of different groups of the Belgian population |
MULTI_EXP_ADD |
December 1, 2020 |
December 31, 2021 |
Organic contaminants and additives, Risk and health impact assessment |
food additives, reformulation, multi-method, usage, exposure assessment |
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Monitoring of the whole genome sequencing (WGS) data of SARS-CoV-2 genomes to identify variants and their impact on detection methods |
COVIPRIM_VAR2 |
February 1, 2021 |
December 31, 2021 |
Quality of laboratories , Transversal activities in applied genomics |
NGS, computational biology, bioinformatics, mutations, variants, database, disease outbreaks, performance evaluation, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, qPCR, disease transmission |
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Transcriptional Response for Antimicrobial Resistance detection in TB |
TRACeR-TB |
October 1, 2019 |
December 31, 2021 |
Bacterial diseases |
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis (Mtb), diagnostics, drug resistance, drug resistance testing, transcriptional response |
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Development and implementation of a Belgian platform for the generation and use of “whole genome sequencing” (WGS) data for outbreak investigation, with the for human pathogenic Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) as case study |
StEQIDEMIC.be |
May 1, 2018 |
December 31, 2021 |
Foodborne pathogens, Transversal activities in applied genomics |
NGS, outbreak, food safety, whole genome sequencing, NRL, NRC, STEC, human pathogenic Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli, applied genomics, food-borne outbreak, pathogen, isolate, metagenomics, norovirus |
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Impact of COVID-19 on the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion |
euPrevent COVID |
August 1, 2020 |
December 31, 2021 |
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Human Biomonitoring as an added value of the Health Interview Survey |
HuBiHIS |
September 1, 2017 |
December 31, 2021 |
Risk and health impact assessment, Health information |
air pollution, surrounding greenness, Health behaviour, black carbon, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, biological ageing, biomarkers |
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Development and application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and metagenomics to improve influenza surveillance and pandemic preparedness in Belgium |
NGS Influenza |
June 1, 2017 |
December 31, 2021 |
Viral diseases, Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Transversal activities in applied genomics |
influenza virus, respiratory viruses, NGS, WGS, sequencing |
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Health, Environment and Susceptible Populations |
HEASP |
July 1, 2017 |
December 31, 2021 |
Risk and health impact assessment |
mortality, environmental exposure, medical conditions, susceptibility |
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Development of a method to assess the diversity of SARS-CoV-2 circulating strains in Belgium |
COVIDDIVER |
January 1, 2021 |
January 1, 2022 |
Viral diseases, Cancer centre , Transversal activities in applied genomics |
ddPCR, epidemic, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, wastewater, clinical samples |
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Development of a digital PCR method for accurate detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 |
DIGICOVID |
January 1, 2021 |
January 1, 2022 |
Viral diseases, Transversal activities in applied genomics, Viral reemerging enzootic and bee diseases |
ddPCR, epidemic, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, wastewater, clinical samples, surveillance |
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Development of a digital PCR method for accurate detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants |
DIGICOVID_VAR |
January 1, 2021 |
January 1, 2022 |
Foodborne pathogens, Viral diseases, Transversal activities in applied genomics |
ddPCR, epidemic, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, wastewater, clinical samples, variants, surveillance |
