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Listeria surveillance in Belgium
evolution in molecular typing, the NRC completely switched to Whole-Genome-Sequencing (WGS) for cluster detection. Therefore, an in-house Galaxy-based bio-informatic pipeline was developed. For the strain ...
Methodological basics and evolution of the Belgian health interview survey 1997-2008.
used as the sampling frame. To select the respondents, a multistage sampling design is applied involving a geographical stratification, a selection of clusters, a selection of households within each ...
Obstacles in measles elimination: an in-depth description of a measles outbreak in Ghent, Belgium, spring 2011.
79 persons (25% of those unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated). CONCLUSIONS: Clustering of unvaccinated persons, in a day care center and in anthroposophic schools, allows for measles outbreaks and ...
Detection of a geographical and endemic cluster of hyper-invasive meningococcal strains.
Source: Microbes Infect, Volume 13, Issue 7, p.684-90 (2011) Keywords: ADOLESCENT Adult Aged Belgium Child, Preschool Cluster Analysis Disease Outbreaks DNA, Bacterial Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field ...
Trends in production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae of clinical interest: results of a nationwide survey in Belgian hospitals.
Child, Preschool Cluster Analysis Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field Enterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae Infections Female Genetic Variation Genotype hospitals Humans Infant Male Microbial Sensitivity ...
Effect of PstS sub-units or PknD deficiency on the survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
provides energy through ATP hydrolysis. In the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome, four different gene clusters encode three PstS, and two of each of the other sub-units. We used RT- PCR to show that these ...
Multiple risk behaviour: increasing socio-economic gap over time?
Sedentary Lifestyle sex factors SMOKING Abstract: BACKGROUND: Unhealthy behaviours often occur in combination. In this study the relationship between education and lifestyle, defined as a cluster of risk ...
Domestic violence: variation in case-management by the general practitioner in Belgium.
patients were referred or hospitalised upon the first consultation, most frequently they were advised to go to the police (17 %) or referred to a psychologist or psychiatrist (11 %). The intra cluster ...
Update of Clostridium difficile infection due to PCR ribotype 027 in Europe, 2008.
CDI, with periodic characterisation of the strains involved, is required to detect clustering of cases in time and space and to monitor the emergence of new, highly virulent clones. Health Topics: ...
Trends in health expectancy indicators in the older adult population in Belgium between 1997 and 2004.
different health domains: self-perceived health, chronic morbidity, disease clusters, and disability. Information was obtained from Belgian Health Interview Surveys. Health expectancies were calculated using ...