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Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Europe: The Past and the Future.
years of age and older participating in 14 population-based cohorts from 10 countries in Europe. METHODS: AMD was diagnosed based on fundus photographs using the Rotterdam Classification. Prevalence of ...
First HIV prevalence estimates of a representative sample of adult sub-Saharan African migrants in a European city. Results of a community-based, cross-sectional study in Antwerp, Belgium.
reported at community level (73%), 65.2% (CI95 %:32.4%-88.0%) of sub-Saharan African migrants were possibly undiagnosed. Being 45 years or older, unprotected sex when travelling within Europe in the last ...
Ongoing measles outbreak in Wallonia, Belgium, December 2016 to March 2017: characteristics and challenges.
measles cases were notified, of which 50% were 15 years and older, 49% female. Atypical clinical presentation and severe complications, mainly among adults, in combination with late notification, low or ...
Age-Dependent Differences in Pseudorabies Virus Neuropathogenesis and Associated Cytokine Expression.
in important clinical disease, although the associated morbidity and mortality were lower in older pigs. Quantitative PCR analysis of viral DNA in different organs confirmed the general knowledge on ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to functional limitations using a multinomial outcome: results for the older population in Belgium and Brazil
differences in the contribution of chronic conditions to functional limitations in the older population of Brazil and Belgium. Methods Representative data from individuals aged ≥65 years who participated in the ...
End-of-life care for people dying with dementia in general practice in Belgium, Italy and Spain: A cross-sectional, retrospective study.
nationwide networks of GP s in Belgium, Italy and Spain, including patients who died aged 65 years or older in 2009-2011 and were judged by the GP to have had dementia (n = 1623). RESULTS: GP s reported ...
Contribution of chronic conditions to gender disparities in disability in the older population in Brazil, 2013.
contribution of chronic conditions to the disability burden in the older men and women in Brazil. METHODS: Data from 10,290 participants of the Brazilian National Health Survey in 2013 aged 60 years or older ...
Performance of a Cartridge-Based Assay for Detection of Clinically Significant Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection: Lessons from VALGENT (Validation of HPV Genotyping Tests).
the SCT was also analyzed. The Xpert HPV detected 94% of CIN2 + and 98% of CIN3 + lesions among all screened women and 90% of CIN2 + and 96% of CIN3 + lesions in women 30 years and older. The ...
Impact of Chronic Conditions and Multimorbidity on the Disability Burden in the Older Population in Belgium.
diseases. In this study, we assessed the impact of chronic conditions and multimorbidity on the disability burden in the older population in Belgium. METHODS: Data from 9,482 participants in the 2001, 2004, ...
Capture-Recapture Estimators in Epidemiology with Applications to Pertussis and Pneumococcal Invasive Disease Surveillance.
impossible to model all suggested relations between samples for the IPD and pertussis datasets. For IPD, the estimates for the Belgian incidence for cases aged 50 years and older ranged from 44 to58/100,000 in ...