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Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.
Belgium, implemented baseline genomic surveillance (BGS) programs aiming to early detect and characterize new SARS-CoV-2 variants. In parallel, Belgium maintained a sentinel network of six hospitals that ...
Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
media of the organizing research institute. In addition, the survey links were shared in articles published in the national press and participants were requested to share the surveys in their network ...
Virological surveillance report of the NRC influenza for season 2021-2022
sentinel surveillance networks for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), the 2021-2022 season was characterized by the return of seasonal influenza viruses, cause an ...
Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems
coalesce into an integrated, sustainable network for disease surveillance—one that minimises the risk of overlooking future global health threats. Health Topics: Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen ...
General Practitioners' prescription of psychotropic drugs among youth in Belgium
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Sherihane Bensemmane; Robrecht De Schreye Source: 96th EGPRN Meeting, European General Practice Research Network, Issue ...
A new data collection system for Epilabo: the network of sentinel laboratories
Cauteren Source: Scientific Seminar Infectious Diseases, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium (2023) Keywords: Data collection Data linkage Digital health Laboratory network Pandemic preparedness Abstract: ...
COVID-19 pandemic response in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: methods, participation and recommendations of a longitudinal cross-border study
to fill in an online questionnaire on attitudes and behaviour towards infection prevention measures, cross-border mobility, social network and support, COVID-19 self-reported infection(s) and symptoms, ...
Understanding sexual transmission dynamics and transmission contexts of monkeypox virus: a mixed-methods study of the early outbreak in Belgium (May-June 2022).
describe relevant contextual factors beyond individual behaviour, related to sexual networks, interpersonal interactions and health systems. Some of these factors may complicate early MPX detection and ...
Physical activity on prescription in Belgian general practice: current state of affairs
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Sherihane Bensemmane Source: 95th EGPRN Meeting, European General Practice Research Network, Antwerp, Belgium (2022) ...
Validation of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
and (ii) train an artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict unknown pneumococcal serotypes. During validation using 153 additional strains, we reached 98.0% accuracy for determining serotypes ...