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Prevalence Estimation Of HCV Among People Who Inject Drugs In Belgium Through Respondent Driven Sampling, Capture-Recapture And Multiplier Method
Estimates about the number of people living with HCV in Belgium are rare and even less is known about the prevalence of HCV among PWID. Methods: Between February and April 2019, PWID were recruited in ...
Surveillance of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium, epidemiology and methodology during 1st and 2nd wave (March 2020- 14 February 2021)
retrograde adaptations of mortality numbers. The overall sex distribution was fairly even (49.1% in male and 50.8% in female). Almost all deaths occurred in the age group over 64 years and approximately half ...
Health expectancies in the European Union: same concept, different methods, different results
or % GH measured by both institutions. Results Correlation and reliability between SPH- HLE and DW- HLE were good (better for males), with low disagreement, and were even better for LE between both ...
Exposure to green spaces may strengthen resilience and support mental health in the face of the covid-19 pandemic
emotional resilience. And finally, gathering outdoors, even at a safe distance, improves social cohesion and helps people to feel connected to the outside world, thus reinforcing social resilience. To unlock ...
IDENTIFICATION, PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISATION AND PRELIMINARY RISK ANALYSIS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE PARTICLES IN FACE MASKS Intermediate report TiO2-Mask COVID-19 project September 2021
excluded even when only a small fraction of the titanium dioxide particles are released and inhaled. Currently, we have no indications that TiO2 particles are released in amounts which might result in public ...
Excess mortality during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 epidemic in Belgium
Epidemiologic surveillance of COVID-19 deaths was accurately conducted during the epidemic and it is even likely that COVID-19 deaths were underreported during the ascending phases of excess mortality by 1,193 ...
Functional Analysis of Human and Feline Coronavirus Cross-Reactive Antibodies Directed Against the SARS-CoV-2 Fusion Peptide.
omnipresent in sera from COVID-19 patients, in ~50% of pre-pandemic human sera (rich in antibodies against endemic human coronaviruses), and even in feline coronavirus-infected cats. Pepscan analyses ...
Closing schools for SARS-CoV-2: a pragmatic rapid recommendation
benefits and harms of closing schools clearly shifts against closing schools. Detrimental effects are even worse for vulnerable children. This recommendation is affected by the local virus circulation. ...
Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 in people with cystic fibrosis in Europe between February and June 2020.
1.26-8.75) was non-significantly lower than that of the general population (7.46%; p=0.133). CONCLUSIONS: SARS-CoV-2 infection can result in severe illness and death for pwCF, even for younger patients and ...
Long-term memory response after a single intramuscular rabies booster vaccination, 10-24 years after primary immunization.
(2-dose vs. 3-dose) PrEP-regimen. CONCLUSION: Rabies immunological memory is reactivated within 7 days after a single intramuscular booster immunization, even when administered 10-24 years after PrEP. ...