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Pertussis diagnosis in Belgium: results of the National Reference Centre for Bordetella anno 2015.
It is clear that pertussis continues to be a problem in Belgium and that other vaccination strategies (maternal vaccination, cocoon vaccination) and ultimately better vaccines will be needed to control ...
Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Europe: The Past and the Future.
will increase considerably in the next 2 decades. AMD continues to remain a significant public health problem among Europeans. Health Topics: Effectiveness and safety of vaccines, medicines and health ...
Fat-soluble vitamin intake from the consumption of food, fortified food and supplements: design and methods of the Belgian VITADEK study.
intake are needed to evaluate potential problems regarding inadequate intake at population level and to formulate effective public health and food safety recommendations. Assessing the intake of ...
Advanced Methods for Dose and Regimen Finding During Drug Development: Summary of the EMA/EFPIA Workshop on Dose Finding (London 4-5 December 2014).
fact that selection of dose for phase III is an estimation problem and should not be addressed via hypothesis testing. Dose selection for phase III trials should be informed by well-designed dose-finding ...
Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.
2 audits (2011 and 2013/14). Audits characteristics are described in table 1. In each audit, RDFC registered the first 52 diabetic patients over a 1-year period with a “new” foot problem: DFU of Wagner grade ...
Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Combination Gene Dosage Genetic Markers Geography Haplotypes Humans Malaria, Falciparum Mutation Plasmodium falciparum Polymorphism, Genetic Protozoan Proteins Abstract: Malaria is a major public health problem ...
Development and performance assessment of a luminex xMAP® direct hybridization assay for the detection and identification of indoor air fungal contamination.
(2017) Keywords: Air Pollution, Indoor DNA Probes environment Fungi Limit of Detection Nucleic Acid Hybridization Abstract: Considered as a public health problem, indoor fungal contamination is generally ...
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.
African migrants were included (37% women). A substantial proportion was socially, legally and economically vulnerable: 21% were probably of undocumented status, 63% had financial problems in the last year ...
Health crisis due to infectious and communicable diseases: European preparedness and response tools in an international context
Europe (and to a lesser degree, beyond), and proposes answers to the health crisis problems associated with infectious and communicable diseases. In crisis management, communication is an important factor ...
Prenatal diagnosis and prevention of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Northern Vietnam: study protocol.
information and medical follow-up if required. DISCUSSION: The hypothesis is that congenital toxoplasmosis is an important but currently under-diagnosed public health problem in Vietnam. This study can ...