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Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, Annual summary report 2023
they target, sharply reducing their incidence. Some infections have become sporadic, such as tetanus, or have been eliminated in Belgium, such as congenital rubella and poliomyelitis. Vaccination and ...
Susceptibility of Mammals to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: A Qualitative Risk Assessment From the Belgian Perspective.
it is concluded that this risk remains ‘low’ to ‘moderate’ for captive/domestic mammal species. However, this risk was categorised as ‘high’ for certain species, i.e. mammals that have the opportunity ...
Antimicrobial resistance in ESBL and indicator E. coli, Campylobacter spp.,Salmonella spp., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Enterococcus faecalis and faecium isolated from food and food-producing animals (primary production) in 2023
the fresh meat categories followed by bovine fresh meat (3.19%) and pig meat (1.92%) which remains low. No meropenem-resistant isolates were detected in 2023. However, ESBL E.coli isolated from these ...
Global estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2020: a baseline analysis of the WHO Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative.
Organization Abstract: BACKGROUND: Tracking progress and providing timely evidence is a fundamental step forward for countries to remain aligned with the targets set by WHO to eliminate cervical cancer as ...
Residential green space in association with the methylation status in a CpG site within the promoter region of the placental serotonin receptor HTR2A
Placenta Abstract: Green space could influence adult cognition and childhood neurodevelopment, and is hypothesized to be partly driven by epigenetic modifications. However, it remains unknown whether some of ...
Antimicrobial resistance in ESBL and indicator E.coli, Campylobacter spp., Salmonella spp., methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Enterococcus faecalis and faecium isolated from food and food-producing animals (primary production) in 2022
were higher. In C. jejuni, resistances to erythromycin, ertapenem, gentamicin and chloramphenicol increased but resistances to ciprofloxacin and tetracycline remained stable. Overall, as seen in previous ...
International comparison of glycaemic control in people with type 1 diabetes: an update and extension.
(≥9.0%) decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Glycaemic control of type 1 diabetes continues to vary substantially between age groups and data sources. While some improvement over time has been observed, glycaemic control remains ...
Strategy and Performance Evaluation of Low-Frequency Variant Calling for SARS-CoV-2 Using Targeted Deep Illumina Sequencing
present. Currently, quality criteria are mainly available for constructing the consensus genome sequence, and some guidelines exist for the detection of co-infections and quasispecies in diagnostic samples. ...
Citizens’ perception of and engagement with health data secondary use and sharing in Europe – a literature review
concept of data ownership. Some authors do contest its applicability in the context on health data, and the myth that it provides absolute control to the owner. Several authors defend other approaches, such ...
Quantitative decision making in animal health surveillance: Bovine Tuberculosis Surveillance in Belgium as case study.
specificity) of the Belgian bTB surveillance system. Sensitivity analyses showed that results remained constant despite the modification of some key assumptions. While the performance of the ongoing bTB ...