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Belgian recommendations for analytical verification and validation of immunohistochemical tests in laboratories of anatomic pathology
equipment are common practice for today’s anatomic pathology laboratories. Few references or guidelines are available on how this should be performed. The study of Sciensano (the Belgian national competent ...
Multidimensional chromatographic fingerprinting combined with chemometrics for the identification of regulated plants in suspicious plant food supplements
commonly encountered in PFS claiming weight-loss as indication. However, PFS usually are composed of mixtures of different plants resulting into a not so straightforward approach for their detection. In ...
Pyrogen testing of phage therapeutic products
contamination (e.g. cell wall debris) is a major safety concern as these pro-inflammatory agents can cause unwanted clinical reactions with potential detrimental outcome. The most common and potent pyrogens are ...
Oncolytic Viruses: An Inventory of Shedding Data from Clinical Trials and Elements for the Environmental Risk Assessment.
replication-defective viral vectors commonly used in gene therapy or vaccination. To our knowledge, this article presents the most extensive and up-to-date review of shedding data reported with OV employed in clinics. ...
Evaluation of a point-of-care test for the diagnosis of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis in rural southern Tanzania: a diagnostic accuracy study.
(2023) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Neurocysticercosis is a common cause of epilepsy in Taenia solium-endemic areas in sub-Saharan Africa but is often undiagnosed because of an absence of affordable diagnostic ...
Developing evidence-informed indicators to monitor HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes across EU/EEA countries: a multi-stakeholder consensus
of PrEP. However, there is a lack of commonly defined indicators for routine monitoring to allow for minimum comparability. We propose a harmonised PrEP monitoring approach for the EU / EEA, based on ...
Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Screening of MRSA in Patients and Healthcare Workers in Public Hospitals in Benin.
These isolates were assigned to five sequence types (ST s), with ST8 (55.56%, n = 15/27), ST152 (18.52%, n = 5/27), and ST121 (18.52%, n = 5/27) being the most common. These 27 isolates carried multiple ...
Towards Less Plastic in Food Contact Materials: An In-Depth Overview of the Belgian Market.
of the entries. Takeaway and food serving (44.4% and 22.8% of the entries) were the most common usage categories. The study pursued to provide insights into current trends and consumer preferences, ...
A multi-country One Health foodborne outbreak simulation exercise: cross-sectoral cooperation, data sharing and communication.
evaluations identified common recommendations to countries aiming to improve their OH structure to establish formal communication channels between sectors, implement a common data sharing platform, harmonize ...
Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
Source: Population Medicine. 2023;5(Supplement):. doi:10.18332/popmed/165603., Volume 5, Issue Supplement (2023) Abstract: Background: Overweight is the fourth most common risk factor for non communicable ...