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Magnitude and determinants of excess total, age-specific and sex-specific all-cause mortality in 24 countries worldwide during 2020 and 2021: results on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic from the C-MOR project.
COVID-19; Control strategies; Epidemiology; Public Health; Vaccines Abstract: INTRODUCTION: To examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality, we estimated excess all-cause mortality in 24 countries ...
A One-Health approach to monitoring antimicrobial consumption in Belgium 2012-2021
alongside estimates of body mass by gender and age [3]. Data on antimicrobial sales in animals expressed in mg/kg biomass from the BelVet- SAC reports were utilized [4]. Pearson and Spearman correlation tests ...
Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals in 2022: Results of ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
level. All patients present in the surveyed wards at 8 a.m. on the PPS day and not discharged at that time, were included. Modifications from the 2017 protocol included the incorporation of infection ...
Clinical performance of the novel full-genotyping OncoPredict HPV Quantitative Typing assay using the VALGENT framework.
reproducibility of the assay was assessed on a subpopulation, comprising 526 samples. The relative sensitivity and specificity for OncoPredict HPV QT vs GP5 +/6+- PCR- EIA were 1.01 (95% CI: 0.99-1.03) and 1.03 ...
Monitoring COVID-19 in Belgian general practice: A tool for syndromic surveillance based on electronic health records
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Bénédicte Vos; Laura Debouverie; Kris Doggen; Nicolas Delvaux; Bert Aertgeerts; Robrecht De Schreye; Bert Vaes Source: European Journal of General Practice, Volume 30, Issue 1 (2024) Keywords: Ac ...
Epidemiology and molecular typing of multidrug-resistant bacteria in tertiary hospitals and nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium
Coninck, Dieter; De Bruyne, Katrien; Mensaert, Klaas; Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Marjolein; Kluytmans, Jan; Goossens, Herman; Dhaeze, Wouter; Leroux-Roels, Isabel; on behalf of the i-4-1-Health Study Group ...
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.
associated with the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine in Belgium. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the uptake of a first COVID-19 vaccine dose among 5 342 110 adults (≥18 years) in Belgium on 31 ...
Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses: survey in Belgium, 2022
s) relies on citizens having good knowledge and taking appropriate preventive measures. We assessed current knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and MBV s among adults in Belgium ...
The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review
parasites harboring mutations related to mefloquine-resistance, but we could suspect those with decreased susceptibility to quinine, amodiaquine, and lumefantrine based on corresponding molecular surrogates. ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
Dublin, Ireland (2023) Abstract: Background Childhood overweight has a negative impact on children’s (mental) health. Although the prevalence of overweight among children is high in Western countries, the ...