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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
confounders and autocorrelation. Methods: This nationwide WBE study includes data from 40 wastewater treatment plants (WWTP s) in Belgium (02/2021–06/2022). We applied ARIMA-based modelling to assess the effect ...
Release of silver and titanium from face masks traded for the general population.
investigated leaching experiments using artificial acid sweat as a method to evaluate the release of Ag-based biocides and TiO particles present in face masks. Leaching experiments were proposed as an ...
Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the pandemic challenged classical survey methods. Time and budgetary constraints at the beginning of the pandemic led to ad hoc recruitment of participants and easily manageable data ...
Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
post-acute consequences, in 28 days (baseline) up to 140 days, following the initial infection. METHODS: National mortality, COVID-19 screening, and hospital admission data were used to calculate DALY s based ...
Evaluating the health and health economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed cancer care in Belgium: A Markov model study protocol
events, contexts and settings. METHODS: A decision-analytic Markov model was developed for 4 selected cancer types (i.e. breast, colorectal, lung, and head and neck), comparing the estimated costs and ...
A multi-country One Health foodborne outbreak simulation exercise: cross-sectoral cooperation, data sharing and communication.
of crisis management plans, providing the opportunity to test practical intervention methodologies in a controlled environment. METHODS: The One Health European Joint Programme simulation exercise ...
Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
reduction scenarios in the Belgian adult population. Methods: Data from the Belgian health interview surveys 2013/2018 (n=18 212) were linked with objective environmental factors based on the residential ...
Transforming Shiga toxin-producing surveillance through whole genome sequencing in food safety practices.
investigation and is not yet fully implemented in food safety surveillance across all European countries, in contrast to for example in the United States. METHODS: In this study, WGS was retrospectively applied ...
Adherence to '5-2-1-0' guidelines and multiple risky behaviours among adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from Global School-based Student Health Survey 2012-2017.
risky behaviours among adolescents in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: Meta-analyses with a random effect were used to calculate overall prevalence. Non-random patterns of the co-occurrence ...
Integrating human papillomavirus testing as a point-of care service using GeneXpert platforms: Findings and lessons from a Kenyan pilot study (2019-2020).
conducted a pilot study using a point of care (POC) HPV test to inform national roll-out. METHODS: The pilot was implemented from October 2019 to December 2020, in nine health facilities across six counties. ...