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Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
Enteritidis strain linked to the outbreak could be obtained, fully characterized, and related to the food and human isolates from the outbreak in a phylogenetic tree containing other Belgian sporadic cases and ...
Belgian national burden of disease study. Guidelines for the calculation of DALYs in Belgium
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Robby De Pauw; Vanessa Gorasso; Brecht Devleesschauwer Source: Sciensano, Brussels, p.275 (2023) Accession Number: D/2023/14.440/3 Keywords: burden of disease Burden ...
Do genomic passports leave us more vulnerable or less vulnerable? Perspectives from an online citizen engagement
traction. While this would have many advantages, it raises ethical issues requiring societal debate alongside academic reflection. Hence, Sciensano—the Belgian scientific Institute of Public Health—organised ...
Post COVID-19 condition and health-related quality of life: a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
(HRQ oL) is still scarce. This study aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 and PCC on HRQ oL. Methods This is a longitudinal cohort study of the Belgian adult population with recent SARS-CoV-2 ...
Non-response bias in the analysis of the association between mental health and the urban environment: a cross-sectional study in Brussels, Belgium
statistical associations is often overlooked and evidence in the research literature is lacking. Methods Data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey 2008 and 2013 were used. The association between ...
Mental health among people with a migration background in Belgium over the past 20 years: how has the situation evolved?
compared to native Belgians between 1997 and 2018, shedding light on this important issue. Methods The data set is composed of the six cross-sectional waves of the Belgian Health Interview Survey from 1997 ...
Association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and post COVID-19 condition: findings from a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Thi Khanh, Huyen Nguyen; Laura Cornelissen; Castanares-Zapatero, Diego; Robby De Pauw; Dieter Van Cauteren; Stefaan Demarest; Sabine Drieskens; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Karin De Ridder; Rana Chara ...
SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control measures in Belgian schools between December 2020 and June 2021 and their association with seroprevalence: a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study
Belgian schools and assess its relation to the prevalence of anti- SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among pupils and staff. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study in a representative sample of primary and ...
Belgian national burden of disease study. Methodological framework for cost estimation
Health information Manuscript versions: DOI: https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/belgian-national-burden-disease-study-methodo… File: Version: Published Full text access: Public Access Full text ...
Measuring small-area level deprivation in Belgium: The Belgian Index of Multiple Deprivation
towards a more complex, multidimensional measure of deprivation at the aggregate level and describes the development of the first Belgian Indices of Multiple Deprivation (BIMD s) for the years 2001 ...