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Introduction of WGS in food microbiology: advantages and challenges
expertise. Only by putting the WGS-based results, the epidemiological evidence and the strains metadata together can a hypothesis be formulated. Further care should be given to the communication of these ...
A simple dilute and shoot methodology for the identification and quantification of illegal insulin
according to the validation criteria, put forward by the United Nations (UN), for the analysis of seized illicit drugs. The proposed identification and quantification method is currently being used in our ...
4-Methyl-amphetamine: a health threat for recreational amphetamine users.
the observed toxicity. Other mechanisms of toxicity are put forward in this paper as well. To conclude, the observed toxicity is most likely the result of the combined dopaminergic activity of ...
Event report: SynBio Workshop (Paris 2012)- Risk assessment challenges of Synthetic Biology
regulatory and risk assessment questions raised by this field. To put the issues in a broader perspective, four national biosafety advisory bodies (the French High Council for Biotechnology, the German Central ...
Interviewer variability in response rates in the Belgian Health Interview Survey
participate. The response rate in the Belgian HIS could probably be improved by putting more effort in the recruitment, training and follow up of interviewers, targeting specifically young interviewers and ...
A dynamic spatio-temporal model to investigate the effect of cattle movements on the spread of bluetongue BTV-8 in Belgium.
Europe in 2006, several guidelines were immediately put into place with the goal to protect farms and stop the spreading of the disease. This however did not prevent further rapid spread of BTV-8 across ...
Detecting un-authorized genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and derived materials4841
of coverage, practicability, sensitivity and limitations. Emphasis is put on exemplifying practical detection of un-authorized GMO s. Although this paper has a European (EU) bias when examples are ...
Genetic data from avian influenza and avian paramyxoviruses generated by the European network of excellence (EPIZONE) between 2006 and 2011--review and recommendations for surveillance.
project in addition to data produced by other groups during the same period. Based on this information and putting it all into a European context, recommendations for continued surveillance of these ...
Brucellosis at the animal/ecosystem/human interface at the beginning of the 21st century.
developed and the developing world. Most emphasis is put on eradication and on risk analysis to avoid the re-introduction of Brucella in the developed world. Information related to the prevalence of ...
The use of spa and phage typing for characterization of a MRSA population in a Belgian hospital: comparison between 2002 and 200736895
isolates, five were unique. In 2007, 35% belonged to [J]*, 23% to [O]* and 39% could not be put in a defined group. Eighteen different spa types were found: 30% belonged to t740, 29% to t121, 13% to t038 and ...