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Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys

representativeness due to self-selection but were an important information source as there were few alternatives. Moreover, by following-up the same individuals over time it was possible to study the effect of the ...

Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study.

by non-typhoid Salmonella can be a fatal condition which is more common in low and middle-income countries. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a Salmonella meningitis in a Belgian six-month old ...

Social inequalities and long-term health impact of COVID-19 in Belgium: protocol of the HELICON population data linkage

a case study for linking highly sensitive individual-level information. We describe the data linkages between health surveillance records and administrative data sources necessary to investigate social ...

Interim 2022/23 influenza vaccine effectiveness: six European studies, October 2022 to January 2023.

ADOLESCENT Adult Case-Control Studies Child denmark Humans Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype Influenza B virus Influenza Vaccines Influenza, Human Male middle aged Seasons ...

Accuracy of high-risk HPV DNA PCR, p16(INK4a) immunohistochemistry or the combination of both to diagnose HPV-driven oropharyngeal cancer

cancers (OPC), is increasing in high-resource countries. Patients with HPV-induced cancer respond better to treatment and consequently have lower case-fatality rates than patients with HPV-unrelated OPC. ...

Organizing the health interview survey at the local level: design of a pilot study.

BACKGROUND: The local Health Interview Study (LHIS) was developed to gain health information at the level of the municipality in Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. It enables municipalities to make ...

Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population.

proposed case definition of PCC (i.e. report at least one symptom related to their COVID-19 infection three months afterwards). DISCUSSION: This study was designed to provide timely information on the short ...

Management of tick bites and suspicion of Lyme disease in Belgian primary care: compliance with national guidelines

Lyme disease suspicion. Method: A 6-year retrospective population-based study based on data collected by the Belgian network of Sentinel General Practices (SGP). GP s report on a case-by-case basis using ...

COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Belgian nursing homes: results of a surveillance conducted between April and December 2020

hospitalizations and case-based data on deaths were reported by NH s at least once a week. The study period covered April-December 2020. Weekly incidence/prevalence data were calculated per 1000 residents or ...

Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population

Ridder; Rana Charafeddine Source: Archives of Public Health, Volume 80, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: COVID-19 health longitudinal study Post COVID-19 condition Symptoms Abstract: Background: Since the onset of ...

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