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Helicobacter pylori Infection in European children with gastro-duodenal ulcers and erosions.

Studies Risk Factors Abstract: BACKGROUND: To analyze risk factors associated with gastro-duodenal ulcers and erosions in children. METHODS: Open, prospective, multicenter, case-control study carried out in ...

Obstacles in measles elimination: an in-depth description of a measles outbreak in Ghent, Belgium, spring 2011.

outbreak started in a day care center, infecting children too young to be vaccinated, after which it spread to anthroposophic schools with a low measles, mumps and rubella vaccination coverage. This report ...

M.tuberculosis mutants lacking oxygenated mycolates show increased immunogenicity and protective efficacy as compared to M. bovis BCG vaccine in an experimental mouse model.

Abstract: The existing vaccine against tuberculosis (M. bovis BCG) exerts some protection against the extrapulmonary forms of the disease, particularly in young children, but is not very effective against the ...

Impact of rotavirus vaccination on laboratory confirmed cases in Belgium.

of laboratory confirmed rotavirus cases declined by 61.4% (95% CI 60.2-62.6%) compared to the 2005-2006 pre-vaccination period, with the highest decline in children <1 year (80.1%; 95% CI ...

Impact of conjugate 7-valent vaccination in Belgium: addressing methodological challenges.

national surveillance. In children <2 year-olds, vaccine-serotype incidence declined by 96% but non-vaccine-types increased 2-3-fold. Overall invasive disease decreased by 23-46%, depending on adjustment ...

Pertussis serodiagnosis in Belgium from 1990 to 2009.

from 1990 to 2003, children and young adolescents made up the majority of cases, from 2004 onwards, cases were detected in all age groups and the distribution became bimodal, with a first peak at the age ...

Oral fluid for the serological and molecular diagnosis of measles.

presents mostly in children, a non-invasive sample collection technique such as oral fluid sampling would be very useful in the early detection of measles RNA and antibodies. The aim of this study was to ...

Pneumococcal serotypes in children in 4 European countries.

serotype-specific incidences among children <15 years of age were compared between 1999-2002 (prevaccine) and 2005-2006 (postmarketing). Vaccine coverage increased to approximately 32%-48% in France, Spain, and ...

A bacterial population study of commercialized wastewater inoculants.

opportunistic or pathogenic strains. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The presence of opportunistic pathogenic strains in the inoculants might represent a risk for immunocompromised, the elderly or children ...

Integrating adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy into children's daily lives: a qualitative study.

a pediatric population. METHODS: We performed a qualitative study of adherence in children who receive HAART in a Belgian pediatric acquired immune deficiency syndrome referral center. Eleven primary caregivers were ...

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