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Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
representativeness due to self-selection but were an important information source as there were few alternatives. Moreover, by following-up the same individuals over time it was possible to study the effect of the ...
Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study.
by non-typhoid Salmonella can be a fatal condition which is more common in low and middle-income countries. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a Salmonella meningitis in a Belgian six-month old ...
Interim 2022/23 influenza vaccine effectiveness: six European studies, October 2022 to January 2023.
ADOLESCENT Adult Case-Control Studies Child denmark Humans Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype Influenza B virus Influenza Vaccines Influenza, Human Male middle aged Seasons ...
Accuracy of high-risk HPV DNA PCR, p16(INK4a) immunohistochemistry or the combination of both to diagnose HPV-driven oropharyngeal cancer
cancers (OPC), is increasing in high-resource countries. Patients with HPV-induced cancer respond better to treatment and consequently have lower case-fatality rates than patients with HPV-unrelated OPC. ...
Organizing the health interview survey at the local level: design of a pilot study.
BACKGROUND: The local Health Interview Study (LHIS) was developed to gain health information at the level of the municipality in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. It enables municipalities to make ...
Management of tick bites and suspicion of Lyme disease in Belgian primary care: compliance with national guidelines
Lyme disease suspicion. Method: A 6-year retrospective population-based study based on data collected by the Belgian network of Sentinel General Practices (SGP). GP s report on a case-by-case basis using ...
Assessment of information as regards the toxicity of fumonisins for pigs, poultry and horses
1 mg/kg feed (based on a LOAEL of 2.5 mg/kg feed for reduced intestinal crypt depth) and for horses from 8.8 to 1.0 mg/kg feed (based on case studies on equine leukoencephalomalacia (ELEM)). For pigs, the ...
Reduced humoral immune response after BNT162b2 coronavirus disease 2019 messenger RNA vaccination in cancer patients under antineoplastic treatment.
only one had NT50 above the limit of detection. During the study period, five cancer patients tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection, including a case of severe COVID-19 in a patient receiving ...
Consumer and food product determinants of food wasting: A case study on chicken meat
worldwide, particularly regarding households. This study aims to identify household food wasting segments and to assess the relationship between both consumer and food product determinants and the identified ...
Mixing mixed-mode designs in a national health interview survey: a pilot study to assess the impact on the self-administered questionnaire non-response.
interview survey. METHODS: A pilot study (n = 266, age 15+) was organized using a mixed-mode SAQ design following the F2F interview. Respondents were invited to complete a web SAQ either immediately after the ...