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Retrospective surveillance of viable Bacillus cereus group contaminations in commercial food and feed vitamin B2 products sold on the Belgian market using whole-genome sequencing

related or even identical indicating a likely common origin, whereas for some products the two isolates obtained did not show any close relationship to each other or other isolates found in other products. ...

Influenza versus other respiratory viruses – assessing severity among hospitalised children, Belgium, 2011 to 2020.

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Fischer, Natalie; S Moreels; Dauby, Nicolas; Reynders, Marijke; Petit, Evelyn; Gerard, Michèle; Lacor, Patrick; Daelemans, Siel; Lissoir, Bénédicte; Holemans, Xavier; Magerman, Koen; Jouck, Door; ...

Outbreak of Corynebacterium diphtheriae among asylum seekers in Belgium in 2022: operational challenges and lessons learnt.

or 377, similar to the majority of cases in other European countries. The investigation and management of the outbreak, with many asylum seekers without shelter, required adjustments to case finding, ...

Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling

metagenomics and adaptive sampling using other databases. It allowed strain-level analysis of foodborne outbreaks without the need for culture enrichment, thereby enabling faster investigations and facilitating ...

Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

more dependent residents (Incidence rate ratio (IRR): 1.97; 95% CI: 1.00-3.86) and higher staff’s infection rate (IRR: 1.89; 95% CI: 1.68- 2.12). No relationship was found between other investigated NH ...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers: study protocol for the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study

depressive symptoms, and posttraumatic stress disorders. Other domains of interest include potentially mediating or moderating influences such as workplace conditions, trust in the government, and the ...

Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.

Baele, Guy; Dellicour, Simon; Cuypers, Lize; André, Emmanuel; Couvreur, Simon; Brondeel, Ruben; Cyril Barbezange *; Bossuyt, Nathalie; Steven Van Gucht Source: Influenza Other Respir Viruses, Volume 17, ...

Pyrogen testing of phage therapeutic products

amoebocyte lysate (LAL) assay and the animal-friendly alternative, the recombinant factor C (rFC) test. However, other (non-endotoxin) pyrogenic substances including compounds of the gram-positive bacterial ...

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