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Accuracy of HPV E6/E7 oncoprotein tests to detect high-grade cervical lesions: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
and cancer. We included studies reporting data on oncoprotein test accuracy detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 or worse. Random effects logistic regression models were applied for ...
Linking health survey data with health insurance data: methodology, challenges, opportunities and recommendations for public health research. An experience from the HISlink project in Belgium
Heyden Source: Arch Public Health, Volume 81, Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: Data linkage Health administrative insurance data Health claims data health interview surveys Record linkage Abstract: In recent ...
The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review
Source: Trop Med Health, Volume 51, Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: Antimalarial drug resistance Democratic Republic of Congo Malaria Molecular markers of drug resistance mutations Abstract: CONTEXT: The ...
Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death using electronic health records in six European countries
Burden and Impact Studies (VEBIS) project. A retrospective cohort was constructed from linked electronic health records (EHR) in each country. Countryspecific (level) relative VE (rVE) was estimated on ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among adults in Belgium
COVID-19 infection were more likely to receive the first booster. For the second booster, the same age trend was seen as for the first booster. Males, individuals residing in Flanders and those who tested ...
Association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and post COVID-19 condition: findings from a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
and September 2022 in Belgium. In total, 8,238 adults with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection were followed up between the time of their infection and three months later. The primary outcomes were the PCC ...
Improve the management of cancer-related cognitive impairment in clinical settings: a European Delphi study.
recommendations were developed based on a literature review and authors’ clinical experience, split into three categories: screening, cognitive assessment, intervention. The survey included European professionals, ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed care of cardiovascular diseases in Europe: a systematic review
were searched until mid-September 2022 for studies focused on the impact of delayed CVD care due to the pandemic in Europe among adult patients. Outcomes were changes in hospital admissions, mortality ...
Comparing frailty prevalence between countries: validation of the Global Burden of Disease study Frailty Index (GBD-FI) in the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe
generate frailty scores from items available in the Global Burden of Disease study. OBJECTIVE: To externally validate the GBD- FI. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement ...
Outbreak of Corynebacterium diphtheriae among asylum seekers in Belgium in 2022: operational challenges and lessons learnt.
2022, 25 cases of toxigenic infection were confirmed among asylum seekers, mostly among young males from Afghanistan. Multi-locus sequence typing showed that most isolates belonged to sequence types 574 ...