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COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Belgian nursing homes: results of a surveillance conducted between April and December 2020

s were severely hit by COVID-19 with many fatal cases. The measure of not allowing visitors, implemented in the beginning of the pandemic, could not avoid the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the NH s during the ...

Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to COVID-19 in Scotland, 2020

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Grant M. A. Wyper; Eilidh Fletcher; Ian Grant; Gerry McCartney; Colin Fischbacher; Oliver Harding; Hannah Jones; Maria Teresa de Haro Moro; Niko Speybroeck; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Diane L. Stock ...

QALY losses for chronic diseases and its social distribution in the general population: results from the Belgian Health Interview Survey

rapidly rising, both in terms of morbidity and mortality. This burden is disproportionally carried by socially disadvantaged population subgroups. Quality-adjusted life years (QALY s) measure the impact of ...

Strategy and Performance Evaluation of Low-Frequency Variant Calling for SARS-CoV-2 Using Targeted Deep Illumina Sequencing

caused by SARS-CoV-2, constitutes a tremendous global health issue. Continuous monitoring of the virus has become a cornerstone to make rational decisions on implementing societal and sanitary measures to ...

Validity of self-reported air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollutants in Belgium

In epidemiological studies, assessment of long term exposure to air pollution is often estimated using air pollution measurements at fixed monitoring stations, and interpolated to the residence of ...

Spotlight influenza: The 2019/20 influenza season and the impact of COVID-19 on influenza surveillance in the WHO European Region.

owing to restricted healthcare access and public health measures. Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Service:  ...

Healthcare-associated infections in home healthcare: an extensive assessment, 2019.

were to adapt and standardise existing IPC guidelines to HHC and to perform a national point prevalence study to measure the burden of HAI in HHC.ConclusionsThis study offers an overview of available ...

Making the case for strong health information systems during a pandemic and beyond.

benefits. Strong data reporting schemes may also support fine-tuning of containment measures during a pandemic as well as transition phases. Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la ...

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