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Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death using electronic health records in six European countries
Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) project. A retrospective cohort was constructed from linked electronic health records (EHR) in each country. Countryspecific (level) relative VE (rVE) was estimated on ...
Epidemiology of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium from wave 1 to wave 7 (March 2020 – 11 September 2022)
inhabitants), followed by Brussels-Capital Region (297 per 100,000 inhabitants) and Flanders (252 per 100,000 inhabitants). At provincial level (and Brussels-Capital Region), Hainaut had the highest overall ...
EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders
Environmental burden of disease (EBD) studies try to estimate the impact of environmental stressors in terms of mortality or morbidity on a population level. Although environmental risks have been studied in ...
Introduction of WGS in food microbiology: advantages and challenges
the field of bacterial food safety investigation, due to its high discriminatory power and the general use at the international level. Therefore, the Scientific Committee advises the FASFC to gradually ...
Monitoring HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes in the EU/EEA
addition, based on the input of the expert panel, all indicators are assigned a specific level of priority for reporting: ‘core indicators’ (i.e. essential indicators that should be feasible to report on); ...
Annual Report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2018
xylosoxidans from 5.9% in 2009, stabilizing at prevalence levels of about 10.0% since 2012. The prevalence of the Burkholderia cepacia complex on the other hand has decreased to 3.0% in 2018, after a stable ...
Annual Report Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Registry 2017
levels above 10.0% since 2012, but reaching 11.4% in 2017. The prevalence of the Burkholderia cepacia complex on the other hand has decreased to 2.9%, after a stable period at 3.5% over the years since ...
Modular Method for the Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Spices and Dried Herbs by Gas Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry
a within-laboratory reproducibility below 10% (≤ 22% in Regulation (EU) No. 836/2011) for eachPAH and for each matrix group at all concentration levels tested. Furthermore, the method’s performance characteristics ...
Scientific opinion on the proposed amendment of the EU specifications for titanium dioxide (E 171) with respect to the inclusion of additional parameters related to its particle size distribution
assessments on E 171 remain valid. The Panel reiterates the need for the further research as recommended in the previous opinions in order to decrease the level of uncertainty and acknowledged that additional ...
Point Prevalence Study of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute-Care Hospitals: Results of the ECDC PPS 2017
participate. Training was provided to the participating hospitals in September 2017, followed by the data collection between September and November 2017. Data were collected at hospital, ward and patient levels ...