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Prevalence of drug use during sex amongst MSM in Europe: Results from a multi-site bio-behavioural survey.
prevention needs. METHODS / DESIGN: A multi-site bio-behavioural cross-sectional survey was implemented in 13 European cities, targeting MSM and using Time-Location Sampling and Respondent-Driven Sampling methods ...
Analysis of mineral oil in food: results of a Belgian market survey
of liquid chromatography with gas chromatography (LC – GC) with flame ionisation detection (FID) was used for the quantification of MOSH and MOAH. Totally, 217 packed food samples were selected using ...
Phylogenetic analysis of the Belgian HIV-1 epidemic reveals that local transmission is almost exclusively driven by men having sex with men despite presence of large African migrant communities.
were compared. The results revealed an overall high level of clustering despite the short time frame of sampling, with 47.6% of all patients having at least one close genetic counterpart and 36.6% ...
Seroprevalence and risk factors related to small ruminant lentivirus infections in Belgian sheep and goats.
makes it difficult to evaluate the risk of SRLV transmission from non-certified to SRLV free certified farms. We performed a nationwide SRLV seroprevalence study based on a stratified sampling ...
Heat and health in Antwerp under climate change: Projected impacts and implications for prevention.
assuming alternatively no acclimatization and acclimatization based on a constant threshold percentile temperature. RESULTS: During the sample period 2009-2013 we observed an increase in daily mortality from ...
Evaluation of mycobacteria-specific gamma interferon and antibody responses before and after a single intradermal skin test in cattle naturally exposed to M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis and experimentally infected with M. bovis.
infected with a Belgian field strain of M. bovis. Heparinized blood, serum and fecal samples were collected at regular time intervals for mycobacteria-specific IFN-γ release assays, antibody analysis and for ...
Characteristics of the antibiotic regimen that affect antimicrobial resistance in urinary pathogens
of the sample, especially in women (significant interaction p = 0.0016) and up to nine preceding prescriptions it was lower for higher proportions of preceding parenteral prescriptions (significant ...
Development and validation of an integrated DNA walking strategy to detect GMO expressing cry genes
applicability, the entire workflow has been tested on a sample mimicking food/feed matrices analysed in GMO routine analysis. Conclusion Given the successful assessment of its performance, the present ...
Analytical strategies for the determination of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in plant based food and examination of the transfer rate during the infusion process
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids salads Tea transfer rate Abstract: Two sample preparation methods were developed (graphitised carbon and C18 solid phase extraction clean-up) and validated in house using liquid ...
Impurity profiling of the most frequently encountered falsified polypeptide drugs on the Belgian market
these falsified preparations are produced outside the legally required quality systems, end-users have no guarantee regarding the efficacy and safety of these products. Although falsified samples of ...