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BSFM 2024- Reported food-borne outbreaks in Belgium, 2023
Microbiology (BSFM), Brussels, Belgium (2024) Keywords: foodborne outbreak foodborne outbreak investigation Abstract: Introduction Sciensano, which harbors the National Reference Laboratory for Food-borne ...
Mild iodine deficiency in pregnancy in Europe and its consequences for cognitive and psychomotor development of children: a review.
introduction of salt iodization programmes as national measures to control iodine deficiency, several European countries are still suffering from mild iodine deficiency (MID). In iodine sufficient or mildly ...
Transmission Dynamics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Pigs.
summarizing the research that has so far been done on the transmission dynamics and risk factors for introduction and persistence of MRSA CC398 in farms. Health Topics: Food consumption and food safety ...
Iodine deficiency among Belgian pregnant women not fully corrected by iodine-containing multivitamins: a national cross-sectional survey.
determined, and determinants of iodine status were assessed 1 year after the introduction of bread fortified with iodised salt. The women were selected according to a multistage proportionate-to-size sampling ...
Serological profiles in nursery piglets colonized with Staphylococcus aureus.
introduction of a methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) Sequence Type (ST) 398 strain. Therefore, serum samples were collected at different times from 31 weaned piglets originating from four different sows. ...
Fortification of bread with iodized salt corrected iodine deficiency in school-aged children, but not in their mothers: a national cross-sectional survey in Belgium.
sector and the Ministry of Health, to fortify bread with iodized salt. We tested the hypothesis that the iodine status of Belgian children improved after the introduction of bread fortified with iodized ...
Colonization and transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in nursery piglets.
were found to vary between 3.92 and 52.54, indicating that after introduction, MRSA ST398 will spread easily among weaned piglets, with a tendency to become established. Health Topics: Food consumption ...
A theoretical introduction to "combinatory SYBRGreen qPCR screening", a matrix-based approach for the detection of materials derived from genetically modified plants.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Marc Van den Bulcke; Lievens, Antoon; Barbau-Piednoir, Elodie; Guillaume Mbongolo Mbella; Nancy Roosens; Myriam Sneyers; Amaya Leunda Source: Anal Bioanal Chem, Volume 396, Issue 6, p.2113-23 (20 ...
An Alternative Method Validation Strategy for the European Decision 2002/657/EC
validation strategy. INTRODUCTION Validation of the analytical method is required for every method used for the official control of foodstuffs. The validation procedure and the performance characteristics for ...
BSFM 2022- International outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a chocolate factory in 2022: Belgian findings
investigation Salmonella Abstract: Introduction A multi-country outbreak caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium is presented. A link with chocolate products from a Belgian factory was established by ...