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Prevalence Estimation Of HCV Among People Who Inject Drugs In Belgium Through Respondent Driven Sampling, Capture-Recapture And Multiplier Method

liver-related mortality. Furthermore RDS can be considered a promising way to reach PWID who have not been tested for HCV yet. PWID not in contact with treatment settings or other existing structures are the real ...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium

were assigned to the pre-lockdown group (A, first contact between January 1st and March 13th, n = 322) or the (post-)lockdown group (B, first contact between March 14th and September 30th, n = 565). ...

The COVID-19 pandemic strongly reduced the presentation rate of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium, but the impact on severity was limited to slightly larger lesions

first contact: pre-lockdown group (A, first contact between 01/01 and 13/03/2020, n=322) or (post-)lockdown group (B,  first contact between 14/03 and 30/09/2020,  n=565). Results:  All DFC, except one, ...

Age-dependent seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in school-aged children from areas with low and high community transmission.

significantly in the high transmission region. None of the seropositive children suffered from severe disease. Children who were in contact with a confirmed case (RR 2.9; 95% CI 1.6-4.5), who participated in ...

Closing schools for SARS-CoV-2: a pragmatic rapid recommendation

May. They fully reopened in September. During the summer, infections started to increase in the general population, speeding up in September. Some measures were taken to limit social contacts but those ...

Use of health care services by people with substance use disorders in Belgium: a register-based cohort study

79, Issue 1 (2021) ISBN: 2049-3258 Abstract: The objective of the study was to describe the frequencies of health-care utilization by people with substance use disorder (SUD), including contacts with ...

Surveillance épidémiologique des infections invasives à méningocoques- 2020

0,48 cas confirmés/100 000 habitants. Cette diminution est certainement lié à la pandémie de covid-19 avec le confinement et la diminution des contacts étroits qu’elle a entrainés. Un total de 63 cas ...

Detection of trace elements and heavy metals in food from food contact materials.

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Karlien Cheyns; Nadia Waegeneers Source: Atomic Spectroscopy Virtual Symposium. Agilent. (2021) Health Topics:  Heavy metals Métaux lourds Service:  Éléments traces et nanomatériaux ...

Development and application of a novel method to assess exposure levels of sensitizing and irritating substances leaching from menstrual hygiene products

used by women and come in close contact with the intimate parts of the human body, which consist of mucosae that lack the important barrier function of normal skin. Hence, substances leaching from MHP ...

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