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The health and economic impact of acute gastroenteritis in Belgium, 2010-2014
per case and €94 per person. AGE results in a substantial health and economic impact in Belgium, justifying continued mitigation efforts. Health Topics: Burden of disease Fardeau de la maladie ...
The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006: a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence
two cross-sectional serological datasets from 2002 and 2006. The seroprevalence was estimated relying on diagnostic test results based on cut-off values pre-specified by the manufacturers of the tests ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: David C Bellinger; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Keri O'Leary; Herman J Gibb Source: Environ Res, Volume 170, Number 421 (2019) Keywords: Diet Disability-adjusted life year Foodborne burden of dis ...
Global burden of late-stage chronic kidney disease resulting from dietary exposure to cadmium, 2015
Cadmium-related incidence rate, calculated as the change in the prevalence during a one-year period, were used to compute the mortality and DALY in all WHO regions. It is estimated that dietary cadmium would result ...
Pork as a source of transmission of Toxoplasma gondii to humans: a parasite burden study in pig tissues after infection with different strains of Toxoplasma gondii as a function of time and different parasite stages.
cases. To better assess the role of pork as a source of infection for humans, the parasite burden resulting from experimental infection with different parasite stages and different strains of T. gondii ...
A pan-European ring trial to validate an International Standard for detection of Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in seafoods
To achieve this aim, an international validation study involving 13 laboratories from 9 countries in Europe was conducted in 2013. The results of this validation have enabled integration of the two ...
Comorbidities and factors associated with central nervous system infections and death in non-perinatal listeriosis: a clinical case series
allowed identifying factors associated with death and CNS infections. Results Sixty-four cases of non-perinatal listeriosis were included in the clinical case series and 84 % were affected by at least one ...
Toxoplasma gondii in stranded marine mammals from the North Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean: Findings and diagnostic difficulties
animals tested by PCR, only two harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) cerebrum samples, obtained from animals stranded on the Dutch coast, tested positive. The serological results showed a wide variation ...
Growth of Stressed Strains of Four Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Serogroups in Five Enrichment Broths.
h of enrichment was measured; lag phases and maximum growth rates were also calculated. In general, growth on BPW resulted in a short lag phase followed by a high maximum growth rate during the ...