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A new multiplex RT-qPCR method for the simultaneous detection and discrimination of Zika and chikungunya viruses.
multiplex methods enable early and efficient diagnosis leading to rapid treatment and effective confinement in outbreak cases as well as being an aid for surveillance and the full validation permits easy ...
Collaborative data collection by TREAT-NMD Registries to support post-marketing surveillance in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic neuromuscular disorder characterized by a loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord and the brainstem, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy. The estimated incidence is ...
Determinants of persistent organic pollutant (POP) concentrations in human breast milk of a cross-sectional sample of primiparous mothers in Belgium
food chain can lead to high pollutant concentrations in human fat-containing tissues and breast milk. Objectives We aimed to identify the maternal characteristics that determined POP concentrations in ...
Is there too much lead in Belgian big game meat?
ammunition heavy metals Lead Meat Trace Elements Health Topics: Heavy metals Métaux lourds Zware metalen Service: Éléments traces et nanomatériaux Spoorelementen en nanomaterialen Trace elements and ...
Evolution of educational inequalities in life and health expectancies at 25 years in Belgium between 2001 and 2011: a census-based study
calculated for each inequality index. Results: The LE increased in all EL s and both genders, except in the lowest EL for women. The increase was larger in the highest EL, leading in 2011 to 6.07 and 4.58 ...
Estimates of the 2015 global and regional disease burden from four foodborne metals- arsenic, cadmium, lead and methylmercury
attention on acute diseases associated with infectious foodborne agents. Four articles in this special section describe in detail the burden of disease from foodborne lead, methylmercury, arsenic, and ...
Antibiotic resistance prediction for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from genome sequence data with Mykrobe.
billion people are infected with, leading to 10 million new cases of active tuberculosis and 1.5 million deaths annually. Universal access to drug susceptibility testing (DST) has become a World Health ...
Study on the lead and cadmium contamination in big game meat: Interim Scientific Report
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Nadia Waegeneers; Ann Ruttens; J. Vercammen; S. Devisscher; F. Huysentruyt; J. Casaer; C. Marien Source: (2019) Service: Éléments traces et nanomatériaux Spooreleme ...
Shifting national surveillance of Shigella infections toward geno-serotyping by the development of a tailored Luminex assay and NGS workflow.
health authorities. However, many clinical laboratories struggle to differentiate non- EIEC, EIEC, and Shigella in their current workflows, leading to inaccuracies in surveillance and rising numbers of ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from dietary exposure to lead, 2015
Diet Disability-Adjusted Life Years Foodborne burden of disease Intellectual Disability Lead Abstract: Lead is a ubiquitous dietary contaminant that occurs in food because of natural and anthropogenic ...