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Contextual factors influencing the equitable implementation of precision medicine in routine cancer care in Belgium
implementation of precision medicine in Belgium for incorporating precision medicine into routine cancer care within the Belgian health system. Methods As part of a foresight study, our approach evaluates critical ...
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.
associated with the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine in Belgium. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the uptake of a first COVID-19 vaccine dose among 5 342 110 adults (≥18 years) in Belgium on 31 ...
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults
superior predictive validity compared to the currently employed algorithm by the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI). METHODS: The current study includes a secondary ...
Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.
monitor general trends and early signals of viral genetic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and compare it with the BGS as a reference model. METHODS: Nine-hundred twenty-five SARS-CoV-2 positive samples from ...
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 ...
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 ...
Targeted Chromosomal Barcoding Establishes Direct Genotype-Phenotype Associations for Antibiotic Resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus.
antibiotic resistance phenotype. To establish a direct genotype-phenotype relationship of this mutation which results in a Asp-to-Ala change at position 29 (D29A), we developed a recombineering-based method ...
Towards clinical breakpoints for non-tuberculous mycobacteria- Determination of epidemiological cut off values for the Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium abscessus using broth microdilution.
their importance for establishing antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) breakpoints. METHODS: We gathered MIC distributions for drugs used against the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) and ...
Identification of Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning.
M. abscessus subsp., M. abscessus subsp., and M. abscessus subsp.. Due to their different antibiotic susceptibility pattern, a rapid and accurate identification method is necessary for their ...
COVID-19 pandemic response in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: methods, participation and recommendations of a longitudinal cross-border study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Stabourlos C.; van Bilsen, C. J. A.; Brinkhues, S.; Moonen, C. P. B.; Demarest, S.; Hanssen, D. A. T.; van Loo, I. H. M.; Savelkoul, P. H. M.; Philippsen, D.; van der Zanden, B. A. M.; Dukers-Mui ...