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Nationwide quality assurance of high-throughput diagnostic molecular testing during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: role of the Belgian National Reference Centre.
management of molecular testing throughout the initial two years of the pandemic (March 2020 to March 2022). Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
(2022) Keywords: COVID-19 long-term care facilities Abstract: In April 2020, Belgium experienced high numbers of fatal COVID-19 cases among nursing home (NH) residents. In response, a mass testing campaign ...
Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.
Issue 10 (2023) Keywords: COVID-19 Genomics hospitals Humans Pandemics Pneumonia SARS-CoV-2 Sentinel Surveillance Abstract: BACKGROUND: To support the COVID-19 pandemic response, many countries, including ...
Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the pandemic challenged classical survey methods. Time and budgetary constraints at the beginning of the pandemic led to ad hoc recruitment of participants and easily manageable data ...
Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome SARS-CoV-2 Abstract: BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization declared a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...
Exploratory study of risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Keywords: COVID-19 nursing homes Abstract: In a previous study in Belgian nursing homes (NH) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, we found a SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 17% with a large ...
Virological surveillance of influenza in Belgium, season 2019-2020
Surveillance virology Abstract: The 2019-2020 winter season was characterized by the occurrence after the flu epidemic of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Influenza epidemic in Belgium lasted 6 weeks and was a flu ...
THE ANALYSIS OF ILLICIT DRUGS COLLECTED DURING A SUMMER FESTIVAL AND EVALUATION OF THE NARCOREADER FOR ON-SITE ANALYSIS OF MDMA
and the results are compared with statistics from Belgium and Europe for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021. This is to portray the possible influence of COVID-19 on drugs. Secondly, the suspected MDMA ...
Social inequalities and long-term health impact of COVID-19 in Belgium: protocol of the HELICON population data linkage
Belgium Cohort Studies COVID-19 COVID-19 Testing Humans Pandemics SARS-CoV-2 Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Data linkage systems have proven to be a powerful tool in support of combating and managing the COVID-19 ...
Estimating Years of Life Lost due to COVID-19 over the first two years of the pandemic in Cyprus: comparisons across areas, age, and sex
estimated. We aimed to determine YLL linked to COVID-19 over the first two years (March 2020–March 2022) of the pandemic in Cyprus, by areas, and by age and sex. COVID-19 YLL was estimated by multiplying ...