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Prevalence and incidence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in children and school staff an observational seroprevalence prospective cohort study: Main findings of the fourth testing period among primary schoolchildren (Sep-Oct 2021)
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Joanna Merckx; Mathieu Roelants; Ines Kabouche; Milena Callies; I Desombere; Els Duysburgh Source: (0) Health Topics: SARS-CoV-2 Manuscript versions: DOI: http:// ...
Prevalence and incidence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in children and school staff: Main findings of the fourth testing period among primary schoolchildren (Sep-Oct 2021)
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Joanna Merckx; Mathieu Roelants; Milena Callies; Ines Kabouche; I Desombere; Els Duysburgh Source: (2021) Keywords: Belgium CHILDREN COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Health Topic ...
The impact of shelf tags with Nutri-Score on consumer purchases: a difference-in-difference analysis of a natural experiment in supermarkets of a major retailer in Belgium
discrepancy between the number of intervention and control stores. To account for multiple testing, a Bonferroni adjustment was applied. Results: Comparing pre- and post-intervention periods, ...
Prevalence and incidence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers in Belgian hospitals before vaccination: a prospective cohort study.
antibodies were measured using a virus neutralisation test. Real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) was performed to detect SARS-CoV-2 on nasopharyngeal swabs. Participant characteristics and the ...
Vaccine effectiveness against infection and onwards transmission of COVID-19: Analysis of Belgian contact tracing data, January-June 2021.
Humans SARS-CoV-2 vaccines Abstract: In Belgium, high-risk contacts of an infected person were offered PCR-testing irrespective of their vaccination status. We estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) against ...
Thyroid cancer incidence near nuclear sites in Belgium: An ecological study at small geographical level.
areas of varying sizes around the nuclear sites. Focused hypothesis tests and generalized additive models were performed to test the hypothesis of a gradient in thyroid cancer incidence with increasing ...
Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis.
virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, or metapneumovirus, or a combination of these, for at least 12 consecutive months (or 52 weeks equivalent); stable testing practice throughout all ...
Prevalence and seasonality of six respiratory viruses during five consecutive epidemic seasons in Belgium.
viruses during five consecutive seasons (2011-2016) in Belgium. Patient specimens (n=22876), tested for one or more of the following respiratory viruses, were included in this analysis: Influenza viruses ...
Evaluation of seven commercial African swine fever virus detection kits and three Taq polymerases on 300 well-characterized field samples.
the absence of a vaccine, affected countries rely on trustful diagnostic tests and adapted testing policies to set up control programs to fight against the disease. In this study, we evaluated the ...
Pitfalls of rubella serology while on the brink of elimination: evaluation of national data, Belgium, 2017.
high vaccination coverage and a near-absence of congenital rubella cases. Different test kits are available and should be standardised by an international standard preparation.AimTo analyse and compare ...