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Virological surveillance of influenza in Belgium, season 2019-2020
Surveillance virology Abstract: The 2019-2020 winter season was characterized by the occurrence after the flu epidemic of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Influenza epidemic in Belgium lasted 6 weeks and was a flu ...
Interim 2022/23 influenza vaccine effectiveness: six European studies, October 2022 to January 2023.
years).ConclusionsInterim results from six European studies during the 2022/23 influenza season indicate a ≥ 27% and ≥ 50% reduction in disease occurrence among all-age influenza vaccine recipients for influenza A and B, ...
Investigations upon the Improvement of Dermatophyte Identification Using an Online Mass Spectrometry Application.
identify dermatophytes, but recurrent errors are still observed between phylogenetically close species. The objective of this study was to assess different approaches to reduce the occurrence of such errors ...
Enantiomeric fraction of hexabromocyclododecanes in foodstuff from the Belgian market
A previous study reported on the occurrence of hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers in food items of animal origin collected in Belgium. The present study reports further results on corresponding ...
Update of the risk assessment of nickel in food and drinking water
new occurrence data, the updated benchmark dose (BMD) Guidance and newly available scientific information. More than 47,000 analytical results on the occurrence of nickel were used for calculating ...
Risk assessment of nitrate and nitrite in feed
Hogstrand Source: EFSA Journal, Volume 18, Issue 11 (2020) Keywords: Animals exposure feed methaemoglobin Nitrate Nitrite occurrence Abstract: The European Commission asked EFSA for a scientific opinion on ...
Risk assessment of glycoalkaloids in feed and food, in particular in potatoes and potato‐derived products
studies. Occurrence data were available only for α‐solanine and α‐chaconine, mostly for potatoes. The acute dietary exposure to potato GA s was estimated using a probabilistic approach and applying ...
Risk to human health related to the presence of perfluoroalkyl substances in food
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/risk-human-health-related-presence-perfluoroalkyl-substances-food
bound (LB) exposure to those PFAS s with available occurrence data, the remaining contribution being primarily from PFAS s with short half‐lives. Equal potencies were assumed for the four PFAS s included ...
Risk assessment of chlorinated paraffins in feed and food
database, the Panel concluded that derivation of a health‐based guidance value was not appropriate. Only limited data on the occurrence of SCCP s and MCCP s in some fish species were submitted to EFSA. No ...
Risk assessment of aflatoxins in food
Keywords: aatoxin cancer exposure food Liver margin of exposure (MOE) occurrence Abstract: EFSA was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of aflatoxins ...