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Urine concentrations of Arsenic and its species in adolescents from Wallonia (Belgium).
source, the most significant partitioning criteria for urine AsT is typically the recent consumption of fish/seafood. This was also the case for AB, the organic specie of As that is mostly present in fish ...
BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
the contamination of plant-based alternative to cheese with L. monocytogenes: the strain isolated from the affected individual (case) matched the strain found in the consumed vegan cheese-like product, ...
Regulatory expectations on the use of vaccine reference standards for maintaining product quality.
reference standards are developed that can be used worldwide independently of the brand of the vaccine and this both by manufactures as well as by National Control Labs. In case international standards are ...
Human botulism in Belgium: two atypical cases in 2022
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Julie Linussio; Tom Van Nieuwenhuysen; Louise Adams; Seppe De Vet; Alexandra Vodolazkaia; Marina Mukovnikova; Koenraad Van Hoorde Source: (2023) Keywords: Botulism Clostridium botuli ...
ESCAIDE 2022 Oral presentation: International outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a chocolate factory in 2022: Belgian findings
confirmed cases were identified using ECDC case definitions. Case-interviews focused on exposure to chocolate products of the concerned brand. Raw materials and finished food products collected at the factory ...
chromatographic fingerprinting for the detection of herbal adulteration and herbal fraud in plant food supplements
adulteration. In the first case the PFS contains an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), not claimed on the package, representing a serious health risk. In the second case the product contains active plants or ...
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in adolescents: a test negative case-control study in Belgium
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Lucy Catteau; Toon Braeye; Léonore Nasiadka; Pierre Hubin; Matthieu Billuart; Veerle Stouten; Joris Van Loenhout Source: (2022) Health Topics: Efficacité et sécurité des vaccins, mé ...
ESCAIDE 2022: Translating the COVID-19 epidemiological situation into policies and measures: the Belgian experience
recommended measures. Methods A comprehensive evaluation of the epidemiological situation was performed on a weekly basis using basic (cases, hospitalisations, testing, positivity rates, …) and supporting (waste water, ...
Shotgun metagenomics as a ONE Health tool for better protecting human health
artificially contaminated food samples. It allowed the same characterization of the foodborne pathogen (serotyping, virulence genes, relatedness to other cases) as the conventional methods used in reference ...
Multiple cases of OOS batches. Investigations and actions taken and to take
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Wim Van Molle; C. Domicent Source: Annual OMCL meeting, EDQM, Issue EDQM, Strasbourg, France (2022) Service: Qualité des vaccins et produits sanguins Kwaliteit van vaccins en bloedp ...