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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 ...
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, ...
Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
a series of ten non-probability web surveys organized between April 2020 and March 2022. The applied recruitment strategies were diverse including, amongst others, a launch through the website and the social ...
Risk Factors Associated with Severe RSV Infection in Infants: What Is the Role of Viral Co-Infections?
which 91.7% were RSV positive; 42.5% of RSV-positive patients had a co-infection with at least one other respiratory virus. We found that patients suffering from a single RSV infection had higher ...
A global genomic analysis of Salmonella Concord reveals lineages with high antimicrobial resistance in Ethiopia.
(S. Concord) is known to cause severe gastrointestinal and bloodstream infections in patients from Ethiopia and Ethiopian adoptees, and occasional records exist of S. Concord linked to other countries. ...
Interim 2022/23 influenza vaccine effectiveness: six European studies, October 2022 to January 2023.
settings.MethodsAll studies used the test-negative design, but with differences in other study characteristics, such as data sources, patient selection, case definitions and included age groups. Overall and influenza ...
Targeted Chromosomal Barcoding Establishes Direct Genotype-Phenotype Associations for Antibiotic Resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus.
infections caused by microorganisms. On the other hand, infections caused by affect people with chronic lung diseases, and their incidence has grown alarmingly in recent years. Further, these bacteria are ...
Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Humboldt Penguins—Susceptibility Patterns andMolecular Epidemiology of Clinical and Environmental Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from a Belgian Zoo
penguins and other avian species from the zoo were also included. All veterinary and suspected ARAF isolates from the environment were characterized for their azole-resistance profile by broth microdilution. ...
Identification of Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning.
level. Moreover, an improved model with Spanish isolates was able to identify 88.9% of strains collected in other countries. In addition, differences in culture media, colony morphology, and geographic ...
COVID-19 pandemic response in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: methods, participation and recommendations of a longitudinal cross-border study
https://sciensano.be/en/10.1186/s13690-023-01102-6 Version: Published Full text access: Public Access Full text language: English Category: Peer-reviewed scientific articles FOS Classification: 5.09 Other social sciences ...