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Using a combination of short- and long-read sequencing to investigate the diversity in plasmid- and chromosomally encoded extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in clinical Shigella and Salmonella isolates in Belgium

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Berbers, Bas; Vanneste, Kevin; Roosens, Nancy H. C. J.; Marchal, Kathleen; Pieter-Jan Ceyssens *; De Keersmaecker, Sigrid C. J. Source: Microbial Genomics, Volume 9, Issue 1 (2023) Health Topics: ...

Clinical performance of the novel full-genotyping OncoPredict HPV Quantitative Typing assay using the VALGENT framework.

OncoPredict HPV QT (index test) for the detection of CIN2 + was assessed relative to the GP5 +/6+ Enzyme ImmunoAssay (GP5 +/6+ EIA) (comparator test), using noninferiority criteria. Intra- and interlaboratory ...

Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.

data) and the Common Base Register for HealthCare Actors (individuals licensed to practice a healthcare profession in Belgium). We used multivariable logistic regression analysis for identifying ...

Can REALQUALITY RQ-HPV screen be considered as a clinically validated HPV test for use in cervical cancer screening?

considered as a clinically validated HPV test for use in cervical cancer screening?” Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart ...

Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses: survey in Belgium, 2022

to guide future health promotion activities. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we conducted an online survey among adults recruited via social media (One Health PACT ’s MosquitoWise survey using ...

The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults

Lusardi’s approach and 0.55 for the NIHDI  approach. CONCLUSION: The use of the multifactorial algorithm proposed by Lusardi et al. may be significant and more accurate in identifying adults at risk to falls. ...

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 ...

Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.

patients fulfilling the Belgian SARI definition between January 2020 and December 2022 were sequenced using the ARTIC Network amplicon tiling approach on a MinION platform. Weekly variant of concern (VOC) ...

Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022

multiple factors impede the usefulness of WBE and quantitative adjustment may be required. Aim: We aimed to model the relationship between WBE data and incident COVID-19 cases, while adjusting for ...

Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys

Furthermore, participants were asked consent to be re-contacted for next survey editions using e-mail invitations. Results These mixed approaches allowed to reach a substantial number of participants per edition ...

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