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Trends in Hospital Antibacterial Consumption in Belgium (2017-2021): Evaluating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
cephalosporins (J01DC), third-generation cephalosporins (J01DD), macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins (J01F, excluding erythromycin J01FA01), and fluoroquinolones (J01MA). The compound annual growth rate ...
Protection conferred by an H5 DNA vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza in chickens: The effect of vaccination schedules.
against mortality with no excretion detected. This study of H5 DNA vaccine efficacy confirmed the important role that this type of so-called third-generation vaccine could play in the fight against H5 HPAI ...
Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation and death using electronic health records in six European countries
This report presents pooled COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) estimates for the first, second and third booster doses, against hospitalisation due to COVID-19 and COVID-19 related deaths in resident ...
BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
indicating it as the source of contamination. A third isolate was obtained by analysing a different product of vegan alternative to cheese from the same brand, suggesting a potential contamination in the ...
Assessing the benefits of hypothetical air pollution reduction interventions on stroke in Belgium
lifestyle factors. In the first and second scenario, the average annual exposure to PM2.5 was lowered to the WHO guideline (5 μg/m3) and reduced by 25%, respectively. In the third and fourth scenario, the ...
Vaccine effectiveness of the second and third COVID-19 boosters in Belgium (administered during 2022 autumn campaign)
a subsequent (third) booster during this new campaign, with a minimum interval of 3 months between the 2 doses. As such, this autumn campaign included mainly administrations of second, but also third ...
Global and regional estimates of genital human papillomavirus prevalence among men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
eligible. Data were extracted by two researchers independently and reviewed by a third, and discrepancies were resolved by consensus. We extracted only data on mucosal α-genus HPV s. Global and regional ...
Intra- and interlaboratory reproducibility of the RIATOL qPCR HPV genotyping assay.
a kappa of 0.97. The RIATOL-qPCR assay fulfills the third criterion for HPV test reproducibility requirement for use in cervical cancer screening. Service: Centre du cancer Kankercentrum Cancer centre ...
Potential impact fractions of body mass index reductions on the non-communicable disease burden in Belgium using G-computation
with overweight was reduced by one unit. In the third and fourth scenarios, the BMI of people with overweight was modified based on a weight loss of 5 and 10%, respectively. Results: Under the four ...
Third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine closes the gap in immune response between naïve nursing home residents and healthy adults.
a frail and old population group, respond poorly to primary mRNA COVID-19 vaccination. A third dose has been shown to boost protection against severe disease and death in this immunosenescent population, ...