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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 landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review

parasites carrying molecular markers of drug-resistance across the country. METHODS: A systematic mapping review was carried out before July 2023 by searching for relevant articles through seven databases ...

Association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and post COVID-19 condition: findings from a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population

the association between different SARS-CoV-2 variants and the probability of having PCC three months after the infection. METHODS: This study was a longitudinal cohort study conducted between April 2021 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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