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Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
conjunction with and compared to other research tools. The MC s prevalence data was then used to make a preliminary assessment of human exposure and associated public health risk. Initially, methodologies were ...
Development of strain-level shotgun metagenomics approaches to detect and characterize microbiological contaminants in the context of food safety
investigated to improve the results in particular when skipping the culture enrichment of the food and other applications for public health can be explored as well such as the analysis of the human microbiomes ...
Fusarium, clinical relevance and mass spectrometry methods for identification, using strains of the Belgian fungal culture collection BCCM/IHEM
Mass Spectrometry Abstract: A correct identification of mold species causing human infections is of the utmost importance since treatment may differ depending on the infecting species. However, this is ...
Development of molecular tools for rapid detection and quantification of indoor airborne molds to assess their impact on public health
have some limitations. For example, uncultivable or dead fungi (“unknown” fraction) cannot be identified, although they could have an impact on human health. In this context, molecular tools seem to be ...
Role of wildlife and domestic pigs as reservoirs for hepatitis E virus (HEV): study of the infection in suids and cervids and of the susceptibility of pigs to HEV originating from wild boa
Belgian human HEV sequences with those obtained from swine. Sampling was carried out in the pig serum banks made by the regional animal health laboratories in Belgium between September 2010 and October ...
Exploring the added value of Whole Genome Sequencing in routine and pandemic viral surveillance
applications have remained unexploited in the context of routine surveillance, which is the core business of national reference centres and public health institutes such as Sciensano. The virus surveillance aims ...