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Prevalence, risk factors and genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carried by humans and animals across livestock production sectors.

pig farms. METHODS: MRSA carriage isolates were genotyped (spa, SCC mec and multilocus sequence typing), resistance to 16 antimicrobials was determined and resistance and toxin genes were detected. RESULTS: ...

Household composition and suicidal behaviour in the adult population of Belgium.

the prevalence of suicidal behaviours, i.e. ideation and attempt, in the adult population of Belgium, and to explore their association with household composition. METHODS: Data of 4,459 adults ...

From multidrug- to extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: upward trends as seen from a 15-year nationwide study.

represents an enormous challenge to Public Health globally. METHODS: Progression towards XDR- TB was investigated in Belgium, a country with a typically low TB incidence, by analyzing the magnitude, ...

Epidemiology of multidrug-resistant microorganisms among nursing home residents in Belgium.

in Belgium. METHODS: A random stratified, national prevalence survey was conducted in nursing home residents who were screened for carriage of ESBLE, MRSA and VRE by multisite enriched culture. Characteristics ...

Environmental and genomic factors as well as interventions influencing smoking cessation: a systematic review of reviews and a proposed working model.

incorporating the different factors influencing SC were our main objectives. METHODS: Two systematic reviews were conducted using articles in English from the Cochrane library, PubMed and HuGENet from January ...

Palliative care service use in four European countries: a cross-national retrospective study via representative networks of general practitioners.

study is to examine, in four European countries, the number of people receiving palliative care in the last three months of life and the factors associated with receiving palliative care. METHODS ...

Evaluation of a screening system for obesogenic compounds: screening of endocrine disrupting compounds and evaluation of the PPAR dependency of the effect.

effects. This threshold based method was combined with the well described strictly standardized mean difference (SSMD) method for classification of non-, weak- or strong obesogenic compounds. In the next ...

The origin of biased sequence depth in sequence-independent nucleic acid amplification and optimization for efficient massive parallel sequencing.

a 3’ random part used to prime complementary DNA synthesis and a 5’ defined tag sequence for subsequent amplification. Recently, this amplification method was combined with next generation sequencing to ...

In vitro and in vivo infectious potential of coxiella burnetii: a study on Belgian livestock isolates.

in the Netherlands during the 2007-2010 outbreaks. Infective doses were established with ethidium monoazide- PCR for the first time here applied to C. burnetii. This method allowed for the preparation ...

Intake and dietary sources of haem and non-haem iron among European adolescents and their association with iron status and different lifestyle and socio-economic factors.

sources and; (2) to evaluate the relation of iron intake and status in European adolescents. SUBJECTS / METHODS: Two non-consecutive 24-h recalls were completed by a computerised tool. The socio-demographic ...

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