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Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death using electronic health records in six European countries
2022 onwards in most participating countries except for Belgium and Portugal, where it started earlier in spring 2022 in those aged ≥80 followed by 50–79year olds in autumn 2022. In these two countries, ...
Vaccine effectiveness of the second and third COVID-19 boosters in Belgium (administered during 2022 autumn campaign)
People aged 18-49 years were allowed to receive a booster dose as well but were not systematically invited. People who had already had a booster dose earlier in the year were also eligible to receive ...
Virological surveillance report of the NRC influenza for season 2022-2023
metapneumovirus, but it continued to circulate in January 2023. Influenza viruses were responsible for a first epidemic wave at the end of December 2022 — so slightly earlier than during the seasons preceding the ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch diabetic foot ulcer scale short form (DFS-SF) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
comparisons were conducted to examine construct validity. Correlation with EQ-5D-5L was used to test criterion validity. The full study protocol has been published earlier (Rezaie et al. ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
validity. The full study protocol has been published earlier (Rezaie et al. 2019. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034491). Results: The majority of the patients were men (71.1%), with a mean age of 67.7±10.3 years ...
Development of a Droplet Digital PCR to Monitor SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant BA.2 in Wastewater Samples
emergence was observed slightly earlier, which suggests that wastewater sampling could be an early warning system and could be an interesting alternative to extensive human testing. Health Topics: ...
Epidemiology and age-related mortality in critically ill patients with intra-abdominal infection or sepsis: an international cohort study.
2016. Mortality was considered as ICU mortality, with a minimum of 28 days of observation when patients were discharged earlier. Relationships with mortality were assessed by logistic regression analysis. ...
Nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infections: a diagnostic accuracy study
findings of earlier research that urine dipstick tests are useful in ruling out UTI s and identified a potential overuse of antimicrobials in our NH population. Service: Infections liées aux soins et ...
Spotlight influenza: The 2019/20 influenza season and the impact of COVID-19 on influenza surveillance in the WHO European Region.
the Region, with dominance of B/Victoria-lineage viruses in a few countries. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to an earlier end of the influenza season and reduced influenza virus circulation probably ...
Long-Term Pollen Monitoring in the Benelux: Evaluation of Allergenic Pollen Levels and Temporal Variations of Pollen Seasons
Fraxinus, Quercus, Platanus, Poaceae, and Artemisia. Most arboreal species showed an overall trend toward an increase in the annual pollen integral and peak values and an overall trend toward an earlier start ...