Résultats de la recherche - 280 results
Tree pollen allergy risks and changes across scenarios in urban green spaces in Brussels, Belgium
preventive removal of the main allergenic taxa. These findings indicate that tree pollen allergy risks could considerably rise when ongoing environmental changes lead to a combination of longer pollen seasons, ...
Update of the risk assessment of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) in food
the Reference Point, corresponding to a body burden of 0.75 mg/kg bw. The chronic intake that would lead to the same body burden in humans was calculated to be 2.35 μg/kg bw per day. The derivation of ...
Benchmarking as a Public Health Strategy for Creating Healthy Food Environments: An Evaluation of the INFORMAS Initiative (2012-2020).
noncommunicable diseases (NCD s) and obesity are the leading contributors to poor health worldwide. Efforts to improve population diets need to focus on creating healthy food environments. INFORMAS, established in ...
Diagnosis, prevention and control of urinary tract infections: a survey of routine practices in Belgian nursing homes
are crucial as overuse of antibiotics can lead to a variety of negative consequences including the development of multidrug-resistant organisms. Objective: To determine infection prevention and control ...
Expert consultation on public health needs related to surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater, Summary report of Virtual meeting, 30 November 2020, WHO
and therefore needs to take the lead in designing surveillance programmes, merging and linking the data with other surveillance platforms, and coordinating interpretation and communication of ...
Efficient control of Japanese encephalitis virus in the central nervous system of infected pigs occurs in the absence of a pronounced inflammatory immune response.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. JEV infection of mice and humans can lead to an uncontrolled inflammatory response in the central ...
A genoserotyping system for a fast and objective identification of Salmonella serotypes commonly isolated from poultry and pork food sectors in Belgium.
Salmonella can lead to economic loss in the food sector. Previously, a genoserotyping method using the MOL- PCR and Luminex technology was developed for the identification of the 6 Salmonella serotypes, and ...
Acrylamide in other foods_Determination of acrylamide levels in some food categories and estimation of the exposure for the Belgian population
This call echoes a EFSA scientific opinion of March 2019 stating that partial substitution of wheat flour with chia seed flour can lead to higher levels of acrylamide in the final product. This study is ...
QuilA-Adjuvanted T. gondii Lysate Antigens Trigger Robust Antibody and IFNγ+ T Cell Responses in Pigs Leading to Reduction in Parasite DNA in Tissues Upon Challenge InfectionImage
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Mizanur Rahman; Devriendt, Bert; I. Gisbert Algaba; Bavo Verhaegen; Dorny, Pierre; Katelijne Dierick; Cox, Eric Source: Frontiers in Immunology, Volume 10 (2019) Keywords: magnetic capture-qPCR P ...
PT-2020-NRL-TE-FASFC “Determination of As, Cd, Pb and Hg in food supplements"
received approximately 15 g of test material. Participants were invited to report the mean value and measurement uncertainty on their results for arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg). The ...