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Immunovirological and environmental screening reveals actionable risk factors for fatal COVID-19 during post-vaccination nursing home outbreaksAbstract
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Cuypers, Lize; Keyaerts, Els; Hong, Samuel Leandro; Gorissen, Sarah; Menezes, Soraya Maria; Starick, Marick; Van Elslande, Jan; Weemaes, Matthias; Wawina-Bokalanga, Tony; Marti-Carreras, Joan; Va ...
Belgian National Burden of Disease Study. Patterns of tobacco use and sales in Belgium: a critical appraisal of available data sources
Accession Number: D/2023.14.440/81 Keywords: burden of disease Monitoring Risk factor Smoking prevalence Substance use Tobacco Use Health Topics: Lifestyle risk factors Facteurs de risque liés au mode de vie ...
Clinical performance of the novel full-genotyping OncoPredict HPV Quantitative Typing assay using the VALGENT framework.
multiplex real-time PCR quantitative assay targeting E6 / E7 genes, allowing individual viral load determination of 12 high-risk (HR) HPV types. Quality controls for sample adequacy, efficiency of nucleic ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
difference between the low and the high educated increased significantly since 2008. Conclusion Two decades of HIS have shown that the SES is becoming an even more important risk factor for overweight among ...
A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies
underestimation. A more comprehensive approach to modelling the disease burden from long COVID, in relation to fatigue, can ensure that we do not only focus on what is easiest to measure; which risks losing focus of ...
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Ellis Rommers; Mirko Petrovic; Robby De Pauw; Anke Van Bladel; Dirk Cambier Source: Acta Clin Belg (2023) Keywords: Falls Falls risk older ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
of beds and staff, type of beds (level of dependency of residents) and ownership (public, private for profit/non-profit institutions). Risk factor analysis was performed using negative binomial ...
20230726_RAG_Update epidemiologie_NL
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Risk Assessment Group Source: Sciensano, Brussels, p.4 (2023) Keywords: COVID-19 Abstract: RAG update ...
20230712_RAG_Update epidemiologie_NL
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Risk Assessment Group Source: Sciensano, Brussels, p.5 (2023) Keywords: COVID-19 Abstract: RAG Covid-19 ...
Exploratory study of risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
variability (0-45%) between NH. The current exploratory study aimed to identify nursing home-specific risk factors for high SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence. Between October 19th, 2020 and November 13th, 2020, during ...