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One year of laboratory-based COVID-19 surveillance system in Belgium: main indicators and performance of the laboratories (March 2020-21).
Public Health, Volume 79, Issue 1 (2021) Keywords: Belgium; COVID-19; Laboratory-based surveillance; SARS-CoV-2 Abstract: BACKGROUND: With the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an existing ...
Large diversity of linezolid-resistant isolates discovered in food-producing animals through linezolid selective monitoring in Belgium in 2019.
human isolates, posing a human health risk. CONCLUSIONS: LR dedicated monitoring with WGS analysis could help to better understand the spread of LR. Cross-selection of LR transferable genes through other ...
The Relation between Perceived and Actual Understanding and Adherence: Results from a National Survey on COVID-19 Measures in Belgium.
18, Issue 19 (2021) Keywords: Belgium COVID-19 cross-sectional studies Humans Male SARS-CoV-2 Surveys and Questionnaires Abstract: To reduce the spread of COVID-19 among the population, Belgium has ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
telemedicine by phone or mail (79%) and spreading patients in time and space to guarantee physical distancing (50%). In the lockdown period, the rate of patients presenting in the DFC s was strongly reduced (0.6 ...
Excess mortality during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 epidemic in Belgium
analysis encompassing entire winter seasons is more accurate for flu, which often spreads over several winter months, spread over two calendar years. It provides very different results than a typical annual ...
Belgian bulk tank milk surveillance program reveals the impact of a continuous vaccination protocol for small ruminants against Coxiella burnetii.
and 2016 spreading south-west. Though the majority of human cases was notified in this region, the animal clusters could not be allied with Q fever cases. The impact of environmental factors as well as ...
Phylogenomic Investigation of Increasing Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Belgian Cases of Shigellosis between 2013 and 2018 Indicates Both Travel-Related Imports and Domestic Circulation.
samples. Core genome multi-locus sequence typing and single nucleotide polymorphism-typing were used for phylogenomic investigation to characterize the spread of these infections within Belgium, supplemented ...
Monitoring of human coronaviruses in Belgian primary care and hospitals, 2015-20: a surveillance study.
3 (2021) Abstract: Background: Seasonal human coronaviruses (hCoVs) broadly circulate in humans. Their epidemiology and effect on the spread of emerging coronaviruses has been neglected thus far. We aimed to ...
Assessment of the control measures of the category A diseases of Animal Health Law: sheep and goat pox
This may be considered sufficient to contain the disease spread(95% probability of containing transmission corresponds to 5.3 Km). To contain 99% of the spread, theradius should be increased to 19.4 km ...
Review: Vaccines and Vaccination against Lumpy Skin Disease
way to prevent the spread of the infection in endemic and newly affected regions. Yet, in the event of an outbreak, selection of the best vaccine is a major challenge for veterinary authorities and ...