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Applicability of the DPRA on mixture testing: challenges and opportunities.

concentration of 100 mM, caution should be taken in case of negative results, limiting the DPRA ’s applicability for mixtures of unknown composition. Manuscript versions:  DOI:  ...

Evaluation of a point-of-care test for the diagnosis of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis in rural southern Tanzania: a diagnostic accuracy study.

UI 37-51) and the antigen ELISA (50%, 43-56). For the subset of neurocysticercosis cases with at least one active (ie, vesicular) lesion, sensitivity was above 98% for the TS POC test, the rT24H- ETIB, ...

Persistence of the Staphylococcus aureus epidemic European fusidic acid-resistant impetigo clone (EEFIC) in Belgium.

Oxacillin Staphylococcal Infections Staphylococcus aureus Abstract: OBJECTIVES: In August 2018, a public health alert was issued in Belgium regarding clusters of impetigo cases caused by the epidemic European ...

Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Screening of MRSA in Patients and Healthcare Workers in Public Hospitals in Benin.

genomic content and study their relatedness. Amongst the 305 isolates (304 wound swabs and 61 nasal swabs) that were collected from patients and HCW s, we detected 32 and 15 cases of MRSA, respectively. ...

Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022

multiple factors impede the usefulness of WBE and quantitative adjustment may be required. Aim: We aimed to model the relationship between WBE data and incident COVID-19 cases, while adjusting for ...

Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Elise Braekman *; Rana Charafeddine *; Berete, Finaba; Helena Bruggeman *; Sabine Drieskens *; Lydia Gisle; Lize Hermans *; Johan Van der Heyden *; Stefaan Demarest Source: Archives of Public Hea ...

Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020

on the European Burden of Disease Network consensus disease model. Scenario analyses were performed by varying the number of symptomatic cases and duration of symptoms up to a maximum of 140 days, ...

European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance For Belgium (EARSBE, EARSBE-URI, EARSBE-AMR)- Data call 2022, including case and data definitions, and instructions for participating laboratories.

Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Karl Mertens; Katrien Latour; Louise Vaes Source: Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, p.21 (2023) Accession Number: r D/2023.14.440/24 Keywords: Acute care hospitals Antim ...

Certainty of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 modelled prevalence estimates for musculoskeletal conditions: A meta-epidemiological study

case definitions and applied assessment instruments with unknown psychometric properties. The certainty of modelled prevalence estimates was low, mainly due to risk of bias and indirectness. Beyond the ...

Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation

scenarios, the proportion of diabetes cases prevented would be respectively 29.9% (SE 4.7), 4.2% (SE 0.77), 6.43% (SE 1.48), and 12.5% (SE 2.2). Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of overweight ...

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