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Urinary CC16, a potential indicator of lung integrity and inflammation, increases in children after short-term exposure to PM/PM and is driven by the CC16 38GG genotype.
Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma Uteroglobin Abstract: Particular matter (PM) exposure is a big hazard for public health, especially for children. Serum CC16 is a well-known biomarker of respiratory health. Urinary ...
Changes in retail food environments around schools over 12 years and associations with overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Flanders, Belgium.
Food Supply Humans Obesity Overweight Residence Characteristics Restaurants Schools Abstract: BACKGROUND: Children are susceptible to the food environment. This research assessed changes in retail food ...
Urban rats as carriers of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 313, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Enteritidis and Typhimurium) are major causes of bloodstream infections in children in sub-Saharan Africa, but their reservoir remains unknown. We assessed iNTS carriage in rats in an urban setting endemic for ...
Urinary CC16, a potential indicator of lung integrity and inflammation, increases in children after short-term exposure to PM2.5/PM10 and is driven by the CC16 38GG genotype
Publication Type: Authors: S. Nauwelaerts; Nina Van Goethem; Berta Tenas Ureña; Koen De Cremer; Bernard, Alfred; Nelly D. Saenen; Tim S. Nawrot; Nancy Roosens; Sigrid C.J. De Keersmaecker Source: Environmental Research, Volume 212 (2022) Manuscript versio ...
Identifying immunity gaps for measles using Belgian serial serology data.
negatively impact the immunization coverage worldwide, thereby increasing the need for additional immunization programs in groups of children that are impacted by this. Therefore, it is now even more important ...
Exposure to lead when manufacturing cookware from scrap metal: A public health threat in the artisanal sector in DR Congo
(0.3-3.8)]} and half the value of the positive control goup {[241.8 μg/L (82.8-591.7)] and [7.2 μg/g (1.1-26.3)]}. Among residents from the site of the workshop, children had higher urinary Pb concentrations ...
BSFM 2022- International outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a chocolate factory in 2022: Belgian findings
identified (89% children aged 1-9 years old, 43% hospitalizations), with illness onset from mid-January until April and a peak in cases mid-February 2022. WGS data revealed two distinct clusters at 62 allelic ...
Spotlight influenza: Extending influenza surveillance to detect non-influenza respiratory viruses of public health relevance: analysis of surveillance data, Belgium, 2015 to 2019.
cases were positive for NIRV, reaching 49.4% among children younger than 15 years. In children younger than 5 years, incidence rates of NIRV-associated SARI were twice that of influenza (103.5 vs ...
Capturing respiratory syncytial virus season in Belgium using the influenza severe acute respiratory infection surveillance network, season 2018/19.
Surveillance Young adult Abstract: BackgroundRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of severe respiratory illness in young children (< 5 years old) and older adults (≥ 65 years old) leading the ...
Investigation of an international outbreak of multidrug-resistant monophasic Typhimurium associated with chocolate products, EU/EEA and United Kingdom, February to April 2022.
extensive multi-country outbreak of multidrug-resistant monophasic Typhimurium infection in 10 countries with 150 reported cases, predominantly affecting young children, has been linked to chocolate products ...