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Influenza epidemic surveillance and prediction based on electronic health record data from an out-of-hours general practitioner cooperative: model development and validation on 2003-2015 data.
OOH GPC data was developed on 2003-2012 data and validated on 2012-2015 data. A comparison of this model with other well-established surveillance methods was performed. A 1-week and one-season ahead ...
Prioritisation of food-borne parasites in Europe, 2016.
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. We used the same multicriteria decision analysis approach as the FAO / WHO, for comparison of results, and a modified version, for better regional ...
How to report central line-associated bloodstream infections in surveillance? A comparison of three classifications in Belgium.
line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). This hinders comparison of findings. In Belgium, registration of CLABSI in hospitals is legally required since 2014 for a minimum of one quarter a year, as part of ...
Comparison of Droplet Digital PCR and qPCR for the Quantification of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Bovine Feces.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Bavo Verhaegen; De Reu, Koen; de Zutter, Lieven; Verstraete, Karen; Heyndrickx, Marc; Van Coillie, Els Source: Toxins (Basel), Volume 8, Issue 5 (2016) Keywords: Animals Cattle Feces Genes, Bacte ...
Impact of tobacco control interventions on health expectancies: use of dynamic modelling for health impact assessment in Belgium
effect size and the timing varied. Conclusion: This study suggests that smoking yields major losses in terms of HLY and LE in Belgium. The comparisons of alternative scenarios with the “business-as-usual” ...
Assessing polypharmacy in the general older population: comparison of findings from a health survey and health insurance data
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Johan Van der Heyden; Françoise Renard; Finaba Berete; Jean Tafforeau; Brecht Devleesschauwer Source: European Congress of Epidemiology, Lyon, France (2018) Keywords: chronic conditi ...
Comparison of the population attributable fraction, average attributable fraction and attribution method to assess the contribution of specific diseases to disability in cross-sectional studies
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Clémence Palazzo; Renata T.C. Yokota; Jean Tafforeau; Herman Van Oyen; Nusselder, Wilma Source: WEON 2017: Epidemiological Methods for Implementation Research, Antwerpen, Belgium (20 ...
Quantifying the burden of stillbirths before 28 weeks of completed gestational age in high-income countries: a population-based study of 19 European countries.
Gestational Age Humans Live Birth Population Surveillance Pregnancy Stillbirth Abstract: BACKGROUND: International comparisons of stillbirth allow assessment of variations in clinical practice to reduce ...
Comparaison de deux techniques d’extraction d’ADN de Plasmodium à partir de gouttes épaisses Comparison of two Plasmodium DNA extraction methods from thick blood films
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Dieudonné Makaba Mvumbi Source: (0) Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Manuscript versions: DOI: https ...
Global patterns in monthly activity of influenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, parainfluenza virus, and metapneumovirus: a systematic analysis.
the tropics. Duration of epidemics was similar across all sites for respiratory syncytial virus (4·6 months [4·3 to 4·8]), as it was for metapneumovirus (4·8 months [4·4 to 5·1]). By comparison ...