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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
during these last years, molecular techniques have shown their potential as replacement method for Salmonella serotype identification. A wide range of different molecular technologies, based on the ...
The burden of cystic fibrosis in Belgium: a registry-based study
YLD s). On population level, each complication category is largely explainable by one type of complication, respectively nasal polyps (10.5 YLD s), pancreatic dysfunction (44.2 YLD s) and ...
Impact of tobacco control interventions on health expectancies: use of dynamic modelling for health impact assessment in Belgium
disability prevalence. Disability was defined based on the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI). We used a dynamic model, DYNAMO- HIA, to quantify the impacts of risk factor changes on health ...
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
to compare the data of both rounds for a given age range. Results: The evolution in longitudinal (round 2) IMT data was shown to be higher than expected, based on cross-sectional (round 1) data (p < ...
Exploring the added value of Whole Genome Sequencing in routine and pandemic viral surveillance
vaccine and antiviral drug susceptibility of these circulating strains. WGS enables tracking viral outbreaks and estimating the virus spread in a given population, how fast the virus is mutating, as well as ...