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The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
The overall prevalence of overweight among children is significantly higher in 2018 (19.0% (16.4-21.6%)) than in 1997 (13.6% (11.2-16.0%)), but no difference compared to the intervening years. Among the ...
Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling
Staphylococcus aureus) compared to shotgun metagenomics without adaptive sampling on DNA of mashed potatoes spiked with DNA of S. aureus at a level of 0.5%. The strain was previously associated with a foodborne ...
Pyrogen testing of phage therapeutic products
this work, we discuss and compare the applicability of the LAL, rFC and MAT tests for pyrogen testing of clinical grade phage products based on the analysis of various productions manufactured by the ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
had previous infections were significantly less likely to receive the first booster dose compared to individuals with no infection, especially when the infection occurred after completion of PC and with ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
the lowest for both boosters in the 18-24 age group (69.86% and 17.85%). Individuals who had previous infections were significantly less likely to receive the first booster dose compared to individuals ...
P146 COVID-19 pandemic in the Belgian cystic fibrosis patients compared with the international cystic fibrosis patients and the general Belgian population
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Daneau, G.; Wanyama, S. Situma; Van Hoorenbeeck, K. Source: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Volume 22, Vienna, Austria (2023) Health Topics: Cystic fibrosis Cystische fibrose Fibrose cy ...
Forecasting Birch Pollen Levels in Belgium: First Analysis of the 2021 Season
four days ahead. We have evaluated the model performance by comparing the forecasted airborne birch pollen levels time series with four offline birch pollen monitoring stations in Belgium and with the ...
Assessment of the impact of the Belgian and French food industry on obesity and population nutrition
ultra-processed products (63%) and contained a higher proportion of products with a Nutri-Score A or B (38%) compared to Belgium (75% and 29%, respectively). In both countries a similar proportion of products was ...
The GEONs API-fingerprint program: Tackling falsifications of APIs
API testing within the network is limited, compared to the surveillance of finished products. To tackle the issue of falsified API detection the API-working group (API- WG) of the GEON organizes ...
Multidimensional Fingerprint Development for the Detection of Tribulus terrestris in Plant Food Supplements
American Herbal Pharmacopoeia) was developed using ultra high performance liquid chromatography coupled with a diode array detector. Next, a correlation analysis comparing the wavelengths was performed and ...