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Nationwide quality assurance of high-throughput diagnostic molecular testing during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: role of the Belgian National Reference Centre.

capacity and coordinating quality assurance. Here, we outline the measures taken by the NRC, the national public health institute Sciensano and the executing clinical laboratories to ensure effective quality ...

Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses: survey in Belgium, 2022

s) relies on citizens having good knowledge and taking appropriate preventive measures. We assessed current knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and MBV s among adults in Belgium ...

The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review

for decision-making in support of national malaria policies and for implementing regionally tailored control measures across the country. Health Topics:  Résistance aux antimicrobiens (AMR) ...

A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies

underestimation. A more comprehensive approach to modelling the disease burden from long COVID, in relation to fatigue, can ensure that we do not only focus on what is easiest to measure; which risks losing focus of ...

A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa.

underlying emergences of extensive-drug and pan-drug resistance. Our work provides an overview of the evolution of invasive S. Typhimurium disease, and can be exploited to target control measures. Health ...

Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022

of daily flow rate, pepper mild mottle virus (PMM oV) concentration, a measure of human faeces in wastewater, and variants (alpha, delta, and omicron strains) on SARS-CoV-2 RNA levels in wastewater. ...

Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys

Participation Web surveys Abstract: Background Survey data were needed to assess the mental and social health, health related behaviors and compliance with preventive measures of the population during the ...

Virological surveillance of influenza in Belgium, season 2019-2020

COVID-19, spreading through respiratory transmission, required the implementation of physical distancing measures likely contributed to an abrupt decline of the influenza season. The majority of the H1N1 ...

Classification of post COVID-19 condition symptoms: a longitudinal study in the Belgian population

of their infection and again 3 months later. Outcome measures The baseline questionnaire assessed the initial health status of the participants and their status during the acute phase of the infection. ...

COVID-19 pandemic response in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: methods, participation and recommendations of a longitudinal cross-border study

questionnaire on attitudes and behaviour towards infection prevention measures, cross-border mobility, social network and support, COVID-19 self-reported infection(s) and symptoms, vaccination, general ...

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