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A robust, cost-effective and widely applicable whole-genome sequencing protocol for capripoxviruses
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Elisabeth Mathijs; Andy Haegeman; Kris De Clercq; Steven Van Borm; Frank Vandenbussche Source: Journal of Virological Methods (2022) Health Topics: Animal health Santé animale Diergezondheid Ful ...
Tick-borne diseases in Belgium: The incidence and economic burden of Lyme borreliosis and the occurrence of other tick-borne infections
Publication Type: Dissertation Authors: Geebelen, Laurence Source: Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium, p.240 (2021) Keywords: Belgium Economic cost incidence Lyme borreliosis ...
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a school- and community-based intervention to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent type 2 diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe: the Feel4Diabetes-study.
in six European countries. The intervention included a special focus on families at increased T2DM risk. The current study evaluates the intervention’s cost-effectiveness. A Markov-type health economic ...
The cost of diets according to diet quality and sociodemographic characteristics in children and adolescents in Belgium
Nutrition (2021) Abstract: This study aims to estimate cost variations according to diet quality and sociodemographic characteristics in children. Data (n = 1,596; 5-17 y) from the Belgian National Food ...
Quantitative decision making in animal health surveillance: Bovine Tuberculosis Surveillance in Belgium as case study.
inadequate to detect some herds affected by sporadic breakdowns. The aim of this study was to assess different surveillance system components that strike a balance between cost and effectiveness and to ...
Frequency of Participation in External Quality Assessment Programs Focused on Rare Diseases: Belgian Guidelines for Human Genetics Centers.
Centers of Human Genetics and in demonstrating the cost-effectiveness and rationalization of participation frequency in these quality controls. CONCLUSIONS: These guidelines have been developed based on the ...
An infrared spectroscopic approach to characterise white powders, easily applicable in the context of drug checking, drug prevention and on-site analysis
was more performant and allowed the estimation of the dosage/purity of the amphetamine, cocaine and ketamine samples with an error of more or less 10% w/w. An easily applicable, practical and cost ...
Seasonal variation of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: A national cohort study.
BACKGROUND: Hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HABSI s) cause increased morbidity, mortality, and hospital costs that are partially preventable. HABSI seasonality has been described for gram-negative ...
Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins as targets for antibody detection in severe and mild COVID-19 cases using a Luminex bead-based assay.
(e.g. virus neutralization assays), or are expensive with suboptimal specificity (e.g. commercial ELISA s and RDT s). Bead-based assays offer a cost-effective alternative and allow for multiplexing to ...
The Cost of Diets According to Nutritional Quality and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Population-Based Assessment in Belgium
Dietetics, Volume 121, Issue 11 (2021) Abstract: Background: Prices of foods can influence purchase and, therefore, overall quality of diet. However, a limited number of studies have analyzed the cost of diets ...