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Association between temperature and natural mortality in Belgium: Effect modification by individual characteristics and residential environment
(OR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.12–1.21) for overall natural mortality and for respiratory causes in particular. There were significant effects modifications for some health conditions: people with asthma were at ...
VALCOR: a protocol for the validation of SARS-corona virus-2 assays
or other specimens from the human respiratory tract. Methods: The VALCOR panel of samples will contain clinical human specimens and standardised artificial specimens. The collection of clinical ...
Mapping abundance distributions of allergenic tree species in urbanized landscapes: A nation-wide study for Belgium using forest inventory and citizen science data
science Forest mapping respiratory health Species distribution modelling Urban vegetation Abstract: Mapping the distribution of allergenic plants in urbanized landscapes is of high importance to evaluate ...
The impact of multimorbidity patterns on health-related quality of life in the general population: results of the Belgian Health Interview Survey
depression and chronic fatigue. Conditions appearing the most frequently in significant disease pair interactions were dorsopathies, respiratory diseases, and arthropathies. Conclusions Diverse multimorbidity ...
Pre-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among staff and residents of nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) in fall 2020
Elizaveta Padalko; Tom Geens; Piet Cools Source: Epidemiology and Infection, Volume 150 (2022) Keywords: Belgium nursing homes SARS-CoV-2 serology Abstract: Seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
WGS- versus ORF5-Based Typing of PRRSV: A Belgian Case Study.
(2021) Abstract: Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is the causative agent of one of the most widespread and economically devastating diseases in the swine industry. Typing ...
Metagenomic sequencing determines complete infectious bronchitis virus (avian Gammacoronavirus) vaccine strain genomes and associated viromes in chicken clinical samples.
counts identified the presence of chicken calicivirus and avian leucosis virus. Viral reads in a respiratory/intestinal tissue pool were distributed between IBV (22.53%), Sicinivirus (Picornaviridae, 24%), ...
The prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 study (PICOV) in nursing home residents and staff- study protocol description and presentation of preliminary findings on symptoms.
caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has presented itself as one of the most important health concerns of the 2020’s, and hit the geriatric population the hardest. ...
Strategy to Develop and Evaluate a Multiplex RT-ddPCR in Response to SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Evolution.
Molecular Humans RNA, Viral Roc Curve SARS-CoV-2 Abstract: The worldwide emergence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) since 2019 has highlighted the importance of rapid ...
Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Grass and Birch Pollen in Belgium
the burden of allergic respiratory diseases. In Europe, a quarter of the population suffers from pollinosis, whereas in some countries the prevalence is over 40%. To date, pollen of various trees and ...