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Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium

Van Loenhout Source: Scientific Seminar Infectious Diseases, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium (2023) Keywords: Booster COVID-19 vaccination previous infection vaccine uptake Abstract: Background To tackle ...

Validation of the Flemish-Dutch diabetic foot ulcer scale short form (DFS-SF) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers

present in 31.7% of the patients, neuropathy in 88.5%. Most DFU were deep (93.2%) and showed signs of infection (60,6%). ICC of the different DFS- SF subscales ranged from 0.36 to 0.84. Cronbach’s alpha was ...

Validation of the Flemish-Dutch Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers

infection (60,6%). ICC of the LEFS questionnaire was 0.85 (95% CI 0.75-0.91). Cronbach’s alpha equaled 0.95. Agreement was 4.55. No floor or ceiling effect was observed. Only 1 of the 6 predefined hypotheses ...

Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium

COVID-19 vaccination previous infection vaccine uptake Abstract: Background To tackle waning protection against severe COVID-19 infection, booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines were recommended among ...

Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection among hospitalized patients in Belgium, and if this effect is homogenous across different Omicron sub-lineages. Methods Observational data from existing national surveillance ...

ESCAIDE 2022 Oral presentation: International outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a chocolate factory in 2022: Belgian findings

Salmonella Typhimurium infections. Epidemiological and traceback investigations revealed a multi-country outbreak linked to chocolate products from a Belgian factory of an international brand. Microbiological ...

Estimates of people who injected drugs within the last 12 months in Belgium- presentation

reduction services in order to achieve the targets set by WHO on the provision of sterile needles and syringes, the reduction of new HCV infections and related mortality. Health Topics:  Illicit drugs Drogues ...

Introduction of WGS in food microbiology: advantages and challenges

Food-borne illness Voedseltoxi-infecties (toxi-)infection alimentaire (TIA) Manuscript versions:  File:  Version:  Published Full text access:  Public Access Full text language:  English Category:  Scientific ...

Prevalence of Undiagnosed HIV infections Belgium, 2020. Description by place of residence, urbanization level and key subpopulations.

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Ben Serrien; Marion Montourcy; Maarten De Rouck; Delforge, Marie-Luce; Marie-Pierre Hayette; Kabamba, Benoît; Piérard, Denis; Stoffels, Karolien; Dorien Van den Bossche; Kristel Van ...

Sentinel SARI surveillance in Belgium in times of COVID-19 pandemic

Barbezange Source: OPTIONS XI for the Control of Influenza, ISIRV, Belfast, United-Kingdom (2022) Health Topics:  Acute respiratory tract infection Acute luchtweginfectie Infection respiratoire aiguë Influenza ...

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