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Understanding sexual transmission dynamics and transmission contexts of monkeypox virus: a mixed-methods study of the early outbreak in Belgium (May-June 2022).
ongoing MPX outbreak, low self-perceived risk of MPX acquisition and confusing initial signs and symptoms for other STI s or skin conditions delayed early detection of an MPX infection. In addition, we ...
A Belgian student with black eschars.
smallpox vaccination in the 1980s. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the first case of a human cowpox infection in an unvaccinated Belgian citizen. This 19-year-old student presented with multiple necrotic skin ...
Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water
1.3 mg Ni/kg body weight (bw) per day was selected as the reference point for the establishment of a tolerable daily intake (TDI) of 13 μg/kg bw. Eczematous flare‐up reactions in the skin elicited in ...
Biological monitoring of exposure to pesticide residues among Belgian florists
Volume 26, Issue 3 (2020) Keywords: biological monitoring florists Pesticide residues Risk Assessment Abstract: Many pesticides applied in cut flowers can be readily absorbed through the skin of florists ...
The protective effect of rural life on mite sensitization disappears among urban migrants in the South of Vietnam.
sensitization to mite allergens was defined by positive skin prick test (SPT) and concentration of specific IgE (sIgE)≥ 0.7 U/mL. The prevalence of mite sensitization was evaluated among 610 patients with CRD and ...
Streptococcus pyogenes infections with limited emm-type diversity in the homeless population of Brussels, 2016-2018.
aged Skin Diseases, Infectious Streptococcal Infections Streptococcus pyogenes Abstract: OBJECTIVES: The aim was to characterize the clinical features, outcomes, and strain diversity of ...
Global burden of cancer and coronary heart disease resulting from dietary exposure to arsenic, 2015
Life Years (DALY s) for lung, skin and bladder cancers, as well as coronary heart disease (CHD) attributable to inorganic arsenic in food. To determine foodborne inorganic arsenic exposures worldwide, we ...
Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015–2017
(LB) is an important tick-borne disease which can cause a broad range of symptoms mainly affecting the skin, the nervous system and the joints. This study aims to estimate the incidence of the different ...