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Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
cyanobacteria blooms among the global population in Belgium. There is a general concern about the negative impact of the blooms and their toxins on the environment and public health. Yet, limited data about ...
Development of a genoserotyping system for the identification of Salmonella serotypes
infect humans, but also animals which are its main reservoir. Humans are mostly infected through the consumption of animal-derived food products. Besides its impact on public health, another major concern ...
Vaccine preventable bacterial diseases in Belgium: monitoring of general population immunity and pregnancy vaccination strategies
Publication Type: Dissertation Authors: Raïssa Nadège Caboré Source: VUB, Brussels, Belgium, p.183 (2017) Accession Number: NA Keywords: bacterial diseases Belgium general population immunity ...
Epidemiologie en behandeling van acute Charcot voet: prospectieve follow-up studie van 62 patiënten uit de IKED-Voet studie
vs. 85%, P<0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of acute Charcot foot in a population of patients with diabetic foot problems was 3.5%, which is similar to the incidence (0.1% to 8%) reported in the ...
Role of wildlife and domestic pigs as reservoirs for hepatitis E virus (HEV): study of the infection in suids and cervids and of the susceptibility of pigs to HEV originating from wild boa
seroprevalences can be found in European pig and wild boar populations. The aims of the first study of this thesis were to obtain prevalence data on HEV infection in swine in Belgium and to phylogenetically compare ...
The burden of cystic fibrosis in Belgium: a registry-based study
substantial distress on patient level. However, the specific impact on individual health as well as the national impact on public health remains to be elucidated. The aim of this dissertation is to quantify and ...
Impact of tobacco control interventions on health expectancies: use of dynamic modelling for health impact assessment in Belgium
Years SMOKING smoking intervention unhealthy life years Abstract: Objectives: We aimed to investigate the impact of different tobacco control interventions on health expectancies, i.e. healthy life years ...
The ageing population: in-vivo study on the effect of age on cardiovascular physiology
https://www.sciensano.be/en/biblio/ageing-population-vivo-study-effect-age-cardiovascular-physiology
possible. However, when using cross-sectional data, certain caution to the influence of other age-dependent parameters like blood pressure, life-style and health awareness is advised. Manuscript versions: ...
Exploring the added value of Whole Genome Sequencing in routine and pandemic viral surveillance
applications have remained unexploited in the context of routine surveillance, which is the core business of national reference centres and public health institutes such as Sciensano. The virus surveillance aims ...