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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 ...
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 ...
Were SARS-CoV-2 self-tests used for their intended purpose? The experience in Belgium.
self-testing their place in the test strategy was evaluated. METHODS: We assessed trends in the number of self-tests sold, the number of positive self-tests reported, the proportion sold self-tests/total tests, ...
Social inequalities and long-term health impact of COVID-19 in Belgium: protocol of the HELICON population data linkage
pandemic. However, the interoperability and the reuse of different data sources may pose a number of technical, administrative and data security challenges. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This protocol aims to provide ...
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: Christina Stabourlos; C J A van Bilsen; S Brinkhues; C P B Moonen; Stefaan Demarest; D A T Hanssen; I H M van Loo; P H M Savelkoul; D Philippsen; B A M van der Zanden; N H T M Dukers-Muijrers; C ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
a documented COVID-19 infection) factors associated with the first and second booster uptake. Methods We used individually-linked data from the Belgian COVID-19 vaccine registry and the COVID-19 test database to ...
A new data collection system for Epilabo: the network of sentinel laboratories
experiences of COVID-19 and the Belgian sentinel network of laboratories (Epilabo), established in 1983. Methods Individual test results are transferred in bulk from the data infrastructure of the clinical ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
demographic (age, region of residence and sex) and COVID-19 related (having had a documented COVID-19 infection) factors associated with the first and second booster uptake. Methods We used individually-linked ...
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 ...