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ADVANCE database characterisation and fit for purpose assessment for multi-country studies on the coverage, benefits and risks of pertussis vaccinations.
doses by age and coverage) and events of interest (diagnosis codes, incidence rates). A total of nine databases (primary care, regional/national record linkage) provided data on events (pertussis, ...
Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food
0.4 lg/kg body weight (bw) per day for the incidence of HCC in male rats following AFB1 exposure to be used in a margin of exposure (MOE) approach. The calculation of a BMDL from the human data was not ...
Adjusting for comorbidity in incidence-based DALY calculations: an individual-based modeling approach
of this study was to develop an individual-based modelling (IBM) approach to adjust incidence-based disease burden estimation for multimorbidity that allows simulating hypothetical individuals and ...
The burden of legionnaires’ disease in Belgium, 2013 to 2017
Legionnaires' Disease Abstract: Background Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a severe bacterial infection causing pneumonia. Surveillance commonly underestimates the true incidence as not all cases are laboratory ...
Incidence rate, predictors and outcomes of interruption of HIV care: nationwide results from the Belgian HIV cohort
incidence rate, predictors and outcomes of HIV care interruption (HCI) in Belgium. Methods We analysed data for adult patients with at least two HIV care records in the Belgian HIV cohort between 1 January ...
Superficial mycoses in Belgium: Burden, costs and antifungal drugs consumption
of superficial mycoses requires more attention due to their important incidence, health costs and antifungal drugs consumption. Objectives The objectives were to estimate the burden of superficial ...
Short-term associations between Legionnaires' disease incidence and meteorological variables in Belgium, 2011–2019
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Toon Braeye; F. Echahidi; A. Meghraoui; Valeska Laisnez; N. Hens Source: Epidemiology and Infection, Volume 148 (2020) Manuscript versions: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268820000886 File: ...
Thyroid cancer incidence near nuclear sites in Belgium: An ecological study at small geographical level
Bladel, Lodewijk; An Van Nieuwenhuyse; Christiane Vleminckx Source: International Journal of Cancer (2019) Keywords: ecological study incidence Nuclear sites statistical sector thyroid cancer Abstract: In ...
Diphtheria in Belgium: 2010-2017.
Resistance, Bacterial Female Humans Male middle aged Abstract: In Western Europe, the incidence of both respiratory and cutaneous diphtheria, caused by toxin-producing, or, has been low over the past few ...
Real-time prediction of influenza outbreaks in Belgium.
epidemic. This surveillance network reports the weekly incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) cases, which makes it possible to detect the epidemic onset, as well as other characteristics of the epidemic ...