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Personal characteristics and transmission dynamics associated with SARS-CoV-2 semi-quantitative PCR test results: an observational study from Belgium, 2021-2022.
an index case. Odds ratios for test positivity and high viral load in HREC were calculated based on the SQ- PCR result of the index case using logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, immunity ...
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Belgium
SARS-CoV-2 (LINK- VACC sample), demographic and socio-economic indicators were derived and their impact on vaccination coverages at an aggregated geographical level (municipality) was quantified via the use of ...
Unravelling demographic and socioeconomic patterns of COVID-19 death and other causes of death: results of an individual-level analysis of exhaustive cause of death data in Belgium, 2020
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Lisa Cavillot; Laura Van den Borre; Katrien Vanthomme; Aline Scohy; Patrick Deboosere; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Niko Speybroeck; Sylvie Gadeyne Source: Archives of Public Health, Volume 82, Issue ...
Multimorbidity and frailty are associated with poorer SARS-CoV-2-related outcomes: systematic review of population-based studies
role, n = 2; prognostic, n = 4). Only short-term outcomes, mainly mortality, were identified. An elevated likelihood of poorer outcomes was associated with an increasing number of diseases, a higher ...
COVID-19 pandemic response in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion: methods, participation and recommendations of a longitudinal cross-border study
of 2021, a random sample of 26,925 adult citizens selected from governmental registries was invited to collect a blood sample at home for SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing and to fill in an online ...
COVID-19 mortality, excess mortality, deaths per million and infection fatality ratio, Belgium, 9 March 2020 to 28 June 2020
the study period, 9,621 COVID-19-related deaths were reported, which is close to the excess mortality estimated using weekly averages (8,985 deaths). This translates to 837 DPM and an IFR of 1.5% in the ...
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among Belgian nursing home residents and staff during the primary COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
Anja Coen; Nele De Clercq; Laëtitia Buret; Coenen, Samuel; An De Sutter; Beatrice Scholtes; Jan Y Verbakel; Piet Cools; Stefan Heytens Source: Eur J Gen Pract (2022) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Nursing home ...
Unravelling data for rapid evidence-based response to COVID-19: a summary of the unCoVer protocol
described, harmonised and integrated into a multi-user data repository operated through Opal-DataSHIELD, an interoperable open-source server application. Federated data analyses, without sharing or disclosing ...
Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population.
the evolution of their physical, mental and social health over the medium (3 months) and long term (two years), and the factors associated with an (un)favorable evolution. METHODS: COVIMPACT is ...
Measuring disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to COVID-19 in Scotland, 2020
identified case in early 2020 to a condition with an impact in Scotland second only to ischaemic heart disease. Periodic estimation of DALY s during 2021, and beyond, will provide indications of the impact of ...