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Influenza versus other respiratory viruses – assessing severity among hospitalised children, Belgium, 2011 to 2020.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Fischer, Natalie; S Moreels; Dauby, Nicolas; Reynders, Marijke; Petit, Evelyn; Gerard, Michèle; Lacor, Patrick; Daelemans, Siel; Lissoir, Bénédicte; Holemans, Xavier; Magerman, Koen; Jouck, Door; ...
Rising socioeconomic disparities in childhood overweight and obesity in Belgium
82, Issue 1 (2024) Keywords: CHILDREN health interview survey Obesity Overweight Socioeconomic inequalities Service: Épidémiologie et santé publique Epidemiologie en volksgezondheid Epidemiology and ...
Policy Brief – Survivorship is cancer survivorship the poor cousin of cancer control within the EBCP?
survivorship quality of care Quality of Life survivorship care Abstract: Background There is an increasing number of cancer survivors, including children, adolescents, young adults, individuals of working age, ...
Assessing uncertainty in airborne birch pollen modelling
Issue 2 (2024) Keywords: Birch pollen modelling Monte Carlo approach SILAM model Uncertainty estimation Abstract: In Europe, more than one quarter of the adult population and one third of the children ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
Dublin, Ireland (2023) Abstract: Background Childhood overweight has a negative impact on children’s (mental) health. Although the prevalence of overweight among children is high in Western countries, the ...
Dietary exposure of Sorbates (E 200 – 202) and Benzoates (E 210 – 213) for the Belgian population
foods showed average concentrations higher than in previous studies. A refined exposure assessment revealed no risk related to dietary exposure to SA or BA in 3 Belgian population groups (children ...
Virological surveillance of influenza in Belgium, season 2019-2020
From week 10, the first SARS-CoV-2 patient were diagnosed. These patients were mostly adults and children above 14 years old. Severity was moderate in comparison to the previous season and comparable to ...
Virological surveillance report of the NRC influenza for season 2020-2021
children. SARS-CoV-2 continued to intensively circulate and was mainly detected in adults and older adults. Other respiratory viruses such as metapneumoviruses, seasonal coronaviruses, rhino- and ...
Risk Factors Associated with Severe RSV Infection in Infants: What Is the Role of Viral Co-Infections?
Abstract: The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) represents the leading cause of viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in children worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality ...
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
data were cumulated in a new exposure assessment for adults and children and a reaffirmation of the proposed guideline values. Vegetables and fruits might also become a potential exposure source for MC ...