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An update on vaccines for tuberculosis- there is more to it than just waning of BCG efficacy with time.

for tuberculosis is urgently needed to halt this poverty-related disease, afflicting millions of people worldwide. AREAS COVERED: After a general introduction on the global threat of tuberculosis, the ...

Worldwide burden of cervical cancer in 2008.

cancer ranking after breast (1.38 million cases) and colorectal cancer (0.57 million cases). The incidence of cervical cancer varies widely among countries with world age-standardised rates ranging from ...

Projected reduction in healthcare costs in Belgium after optimization of iodine intake: impact on costs related to thyroid nodular disease.

Belgian adult population are ∼€38 million. It is expected that the iodization program will result in additional costs of ∼€54,000 per year and decrease the prevalence of thyroid nodular diseases by 38% ...

Co-Extra: Projet européen sur la coexistence et la traçabilité des filières OGM et non-OGM

et Russie). Le projet dispose d’un budget total de 22 millionsd’euros dont 13 millions à charge de la Commission européenne via un fi nancement lié au 6ème programme-cadrede recherche ...

Analysis of 13 million individual patient records pertaining to Pap smears, colposcopies, biopsies and surgery on the uterine cervix (Belgium, 1996-2000).

screening by surveys overestimate coverage because of selection and reporting biases. METHODS: The prepared Inter-Mutualistic Agency dataset has about 13 million records from Pap smears, colposcopies, ...

Salmonella infections associated with reptiles: the current situation in Europe36794

these animals. Approximately 1.4 million human cases of Salmonella infection occur each year in the United States and it has been estimated that 74,000 are a result of exposure to reptiles and amphibians. ...

High HIV prevalence among patients choosing anonymous and free testing in Belgium, 1990-2002.

carried out the majority (85%) of anonymous testing in Belgium. During the same period, approximately 7.3 million confidential tests were registered nationwide. The rate of new HIV infections diagnosed at ...

Biosafety recommendations for the contained use of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in industrialized countries

infection risk with pathogens. Among human infectious diseases, tuberculosis is one of the most severe, killing 2 millions people worldwide every year. Service:  Biosafety and biotechnology Biosécurité et ...

Population-level retrospective study of neurologically expressed disorders in ruminants before the onset of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Belgium, a BSE risk III country.

always above 100 cases per million, and (ii) the mean incidence of suspected TSE cases and, among them, those investigated by histopathological examination varied significantly as a function of species and ...

Extending the foot-and-mouth disease module to the control of other diseases.

disease (FMD), bluetongue (BT), the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) and New Castle disease, more than 115 million animals were culled. The mass slaughter of animals raised serious ethical ...

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