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Might Oral Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Healthy Individuals Explain Differences in HPV-Attributable Fractions in Oropharyngeal Cancer? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND: Differences in oral human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and contrasts in HPV-attributable fractions (AF s) in oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have not been evaluated in depth. METHODS: A systematic ...
Streptococcus pyogenes infections with limited emm-type diversity in the homeless population of Brussels, 2016-2018.
vs. not homeless). METHODS: Between August 2016 and January 2018, all patients hospitalized with a laboratory-confirmed GAS infection were prospectively enrolled and risk factors were recorded. GAS ...
Consumer protection provided by the European medical device and cosmetic legislation for condoms and lubricants.
(1223/2009). In the current study we developed an analytical method capable of identifying and quantifying 15 ingredients, commonly found in lubricants and cosmetics. Based upon their most important ...
Time trend of prevalence and susceptibility to nitrofurantoin of urinary MDR Escherichia coli from outpatients
nitrofurantoin, i.e. first-line treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI s), of urinary MDR E. coli (2005 versus 2011-12). Methods: In this secondary analysis of a multicentre study, which ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in health expectancies in Belgium, 2001, 2004 and 2008
contribution of chronic conditions to gender differences in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and life expectancy with disability (LED) in Belgium in 2001, 2004 and 2008. Methods Data on disability and ...
Development and validation of chromatographic methods for screening and subsequent quantification of suspected illegal antimicrobial drugs encountered on the Belgian market.
emergence of superbugs. Therefore, simple and accurate analytical methods are necessary, which are capable to detect and quantify a wide range of antimicrobials in suspected illegal products. In this work, ...
Meta-analysis of the accuracy of p16 or p16/Ki-67 immunocytochemistry versus HPV testing for the detection of CIN2+/CIN3+ in triage of women with minor abnormal cytology.
cervical intraepithelial neoplasia of grade 3 or worse (CIN3 +). METHODS: A literature search was conducted in 3 bibliographic databases. Studies were selected if they included women with ASC- US or LSIL who ...
European all-cause excess and influenza-attributable mortality in the 2017/18 season: should the burden of influenza B be reconsidered?
excess and influenza-attributable mortality during the season 2017/18 in Europe. Methods Based on weekly reporting of mortality from 24 European countries or sub-national regions, representing 60% of the ...
Monitoring of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in beehive products and derivatives on the Belgian market
contaminated with those compounds by bees foraging PA producing plants. Downstream contamination can also occur through food items containing honey. Analytical methods based on UHPLC separation and MS / MS ...
A probabilistic approach for risk-benefit assessment of food substitutions: A case study on substituting meat by fish
individuals. We therefore propose the use of probabilistic methods to model substitution and assess health impact distributions in risk-benefit assessment (RBA) of foods. We investigated the health impact of ...