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Implementation of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry to Identify Fungi From the Indoor Environment as an Added Value to the Classical Morphology-Based Identification Tool

molds is generally performed by microscopy. This method has, however, some limitations as it requires mycologists with high expertise while identification is often limited to the genus level. Therefore, ...

Evaluating methodological approaches to assess the severity of infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants: scoping review and applications on Belgian COVID-19 data.

health. However, causally inferring the intrinsic severity of infection with variants using observational data is a challenging process on which guidance is still limited. We describe potential limitations ...

Development of a data-intensive centralized system for surveillance and outbreak investigation of bacterial pathogens using whole-genome sequencing

behind, partially due to a lack of bioinformatics expertise and suitable bioinformatics workflows. This thesis aims to address the bottlenecks in the WGS data analysis and demonstrate its added value for ...

Open Lab Application for the Characterization of Nanomaterials by Transmission Electron Microscopy

dedicated infrastructures remain limited to specialized research institutions. Over the last years the National Reference Laboratory for Nanomaterials in Food of Sciensano (Belgium) has acquired high level ...

The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission.

such as the 2000 Lisbon strategy. HLY are based on the underlying measure: the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI). Twelve years after its implementation, this study aims to assess its current ...

The use of the global activity limitation Indicator and healthy life years by member states and the European Commission

76, Issue 1 (2018) Keywords: DISABILITY Disability-free life expectancy Global activity limitation Indicator Healthy Life Years POLICY Abstract: Background: In 2005, the European Union (EU) started to ...

Survey on the Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Infectious Diseases Surveillance: Rapid Expansion of European National Capacities, 2015-2016.

public health reference laboratories in 22 and 25 countries had access to WGS-based typing for public health applications in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Reported reasons for limited or no access were lack ...

The ADVANCE Code of Conduct for collaborative vaccine studies.

Vaccine, Volume 35, Issue 15, p.1844-1855 (2017) Abstract: Lessons learnt from the 2009 (H1N1) flu pandemic highlighted factors limiting the capacity to collect European data on vaccine exposure, safety and ...

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