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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
and face shields), and inadequate PCR test capacity were related to a higher seroprevalence. Generally, our study put forward that the various aspects of infection prevention in NH require more ...
The increasing significance of disease severity in a burden of disease framework
disorders, are amongst the leading causes of disability-adjusted life years (DALY s). For these causes, the contribution of years lived with disability (YLD) — put simply, ill-health — is what drives DALY s, ...
Immunogenicity and one-year boostability of a 3-dose intramuscular rabies pre-exposure prophylaxis schedule in adults receiving immunosuppressive monotherapy: a prospective single-Centre clinical trial.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Hannah M Garcia Garrido; Bridget van Put; Sanne Terryn; Cornelis A de Pijper; Cornelis Stijnis; Geert R D'Haens; Phyllis I Spuls; ...
ESCAIDE 2022: Translating the COVID-19 epidemiological situation into policies and measures: the Belgian experience
Keywords: COVID-19; risk assessment Abstract: Background In 2008, in line with the WHO International Health Regulation, Belgium put in place a Risk Assessment Group (RAG) and a Risk Management Group (RMG) to ...
Healthy Data, an online citizen consultation about health data reuse – intermediate report
impact on citizens’ perceptions of health data reuse and the framework that should be put in place. Then, whether data is anonymized or not seems to have a fundamental influence over citizen support for ...
Occurrence of (suspected) genotoxic flavoring substances in Belgian alcohol-free beers.
Keywords: beer Belgium DNA Damage Flavoring Agents Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Abstract: The regulatory landscape of flavorings is evolving, thereby putting pressure on control laboratories to ...
Reliable and Scalable SARS-CoV-2 qPCR Testing at a High Sample Throughput: Lessons Learned from the Belgian Initiative.
available resources, putting in place a robust, validated, high-throughput, and decentralized qPCR molecular testing platform with embedded proficiency testing. We demonstrate how during an acute scarcity of ...
Flanders and Brussels join forces to tackle animal testing
animal experiments.” It does so by promoting the use of non-animal testing methods by putting the emphasis on sharing knowledge, and by bringing together experts from institutions and research fields with each other. ...
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct health impact of COVID-19 in India, 2020
to a large population (> 1.38 billion) across a wide range of population densities. Assessment of the COVID-19 disease burden is required to put the disease impact into context and support future ...
Assessing the burden of Taenia solium cysticercosis in Burundi, 2020
cysticercosis for Burundi’s population. We urge policy makers to use these evidence-based results and put T. solium cysticercosis on the public health agenda of the country. This study recommends urgent action to ...