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Towards a unified classification for human respiratory syncytial virus genotypes.
reviewing the different methods that have been used in the past to define HRSV genotypes and by proposing a new classification procedure, based on well-established phylogenetic methods. All available complete ...
The burden of legionnaires' disease in Belgium, 2013 to 2017.
in Belgium between 2013 and 2017 and to estimate its true burden in the Belgian population in 2017, the most recent year for which the necessary data were available. Methods: Belgian hospital discharge ...
Phylogeography of Human and Animal Strains: Genetic Fingerprinting of Q Fever in Belgium.
Sequencing (WGS) (n=4) methods were used to characterize samples/strains during 2009-2019. Three MLVA clusters (A, B, C) subdivided in 23 subclusters (A1- A12, B1- B8, C1- C3) and 3 SNP types (SNP1, SNP2, ...
Benchmarking food environment policies for the prevention of diet-related non-communicable diseases in Kenya: National expert panel's assessment and priority recommendations.
Kenya and identify priorities for future action. METHODS: Using the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index (Food- EPI) we collected evidence on the extent of government action to create healthy food ...
Consumers' food choices, understanding and perceptions in response to different front-of-pack nutrition labelling systems in Belgium: results from an online experimental study.
METHODS: The aim of this study was to compare food choices, objective understanding and perceptions of Belgian consumers in response to five different FOPL s, currently implemented in different countries ...
Detection of toxins involved in foodborne diseases caused by Gram‐positive bacteria
toxicological end points, solubility, and stability, types of food matrix to which they are mostly related to. These differences influence the characteristics of required detection methods. Therefore, detection ...
Estimation of vaccination coverage from electronic healthcare records; methods performance evaluation – A contribution of the ADVANCE-project
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Toon Braeye; Bauchau, Vincent; Miriam Sturkenboom; Hanne-Dorthe Emborg; Ana Llorente ía; Consuelo Huerta; Elisa Martin Merino; Bollaerts, Kaatje; Francesco Italo Angelillo Source: PLOS ONE, Volum ...
Gender‐dependent association between exhaled nitric oxide and the CC16 38AA genotype in young school children
to assess the relationships of CC16 A38G polymorphism with aeroallergen sensitization and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), two outcomes predicting asthma later in life. Methods The study ...
Psycho-social factors related to obesity and their associations with socioeconomic characteristics: the RECORD study.
a unified construct (psycho-social profiles), to explore the associations between socioeconomic characteristics and these psycho-social profiles. METHODS: In its second wave, the RECORD Study assessed 6460 ...
Assessment of IgA anti-PT and IgG anti-ACT reflex testing to improve Bordetella pertussis serodiagnosis in recently vaccinated subjects.
(PT) is the most specific and sensitive method for the serodiagnosis of a Bordetella pertussis infection. Since PT is a component of acellular pertussis vaccines, anti- PT IgG is also induced by ...