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Preparedness & response for emergency situations: joined forces of H2020 projects in the PREPARE cluster
tackling challenges specifically looking at the preparedness and response phases of crisis management and working together they aim to achieve stronger results and greater impact their cause. Together CO- ...
ESCAIDE 2022: Translating the COVID-19 epidemiological situation into policies and measures: the Belgian experience
nursing homes, schools, mobility, …) surveillance indicators. Results The first epidemiological risk assessment on COVID-19 was performed by the RAG on January 20, 2020, followed by regular updates. From ...
Shotgun metagenomics as a ONE Health tool for better protecting human health
each other, and also to the results obtained with conventional methods. Results: A commercial kit was selected and optimized for the extraction of sufficient high-molecular weight DNA, to match the needs ...
Validity of air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollution in Belgium
coefficient, analysis of variance and multivariable ordinal logistic regressions (OLR). Results A significant exposure-response relationship was observed between long term air pollution exposure and ...
Management of tick bites and suspicion of Lyme disease in Belgian primary care: compliance with national guidelines
an online questionnaire. Data from 2015 to 2020 were analyzed. Results: During the study period, 1618 cases were reported. In our sample, 47.9% patients were female and 52.1% male. 74.7% of tick bites ...
OMCL testing and the API working group: Part of the solution?
study as the obtained results, the conclusion and the lessons learned. Further the ongoing MSSFP005 study on tadalafil is introduced and some future perspectives for API-fingerprint studies within the ...
Use of near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics for the classification of different Cannabis spp. samples found in Belgium
chemometric treatments were performed with Matlab R2018 b (The Mathworks ®). The algorithms were part of the ChemoAC toolbox (Freeware ®, ChemoAC consortium, version 4.1). Results and discussion Figures : ...
Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Grass and Birch Pollen in Belgium
and frequencies. Moreover, CTM ’s are useful for short-term forecasting of the intensities of pollen levels. Here we show the results of the modelled spatio-temporal distributions of grass and birch ...
Prevalence Estimation Of HCV Among People Who Inject Drugs In Belgium Through Respondent Driven Sampling, Capture-Recapture And Multiplier Method
multiplied with the result of the CRC. Results: Approximately 43.4% (95% CI 28.9% – 58.0%) of the PWID tested positive for HCV antibodies in Brussels. This corresponds to 304 (95% CI 160 – 547) PWID in ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
Groups were compared with each other. Inclusion rate was compared to data from the IQED-Foot survey of 2018. Results: During the lockdown, one DFC was closed, all others remained open for active foot ...