Résultats de la recherche - 238 results

Whole Genome Sequencing Provides an Added Value to the Investigation of Staphylococcal Food Poisoning Outbreaks

electrophoresis, Staphylococcus protein A gene typing and other methods, but these are shown to lack resolution. We evaluated how whole genome sequencing (WGS) can offer a solution to these shortcomings. By WGS analysis of a selection ...

Healthcare-associated infections in home healthcare: an extensive assessment, 2019.

challenges, including healthcare-associated infections (HAI). Currently, in Belgium, data and guidelines on the topic are lacking.AimTo develop a definition of HAI in HHC and investigate associated risk factors ...

Conducting national burden of disease studies in small countries in Europe– a feasible challenge?

occurring in a region or a country. Small countries usually face a number of challenges to conduct epidemiological studies, such as national BoD studies, due to the lack of specific expertise and resources or ...

Prevalence and associated factors of burnout risk among intensive care and emergency nurses before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Belgium

χ² = 23.64, P <.01). During the pandemic, changes in workload and the lack of personal protective equipment were significantly associated with a higher likelihood of burnout risk, whereas social support from colleagues ...

Assessment of hazards and risks associated with dietary exposure to mineral oil for the Belgian population

dietary exposure to MOAH, which are potentially genotoxic and carcinogenic, no MOE values could be calculated due to the lack of adequate dose-response carcinogenicity data. In two investigated worst-case ...

Development and application of a novel method to assess exposure levels of sensitizing and irritating substances leaching from menstrual hygiene products

used by women and come in close contact with the intimate parts of the human body, which consist of mucosae that lack the important barrier function of normal skin. Hence, substances leaching from MHP ...

Recognition by Dendritic Cells Negatively Regulates Allergic Lung Inflammation through a TLR2/MyD88 Pathway.

a nonpathogenic mold. A lack of TLR2 signaling recapitulated the exacerbation of the Th2 response observed in the absence of MyD88 signaling, whereas TLR2 agonist dampened the response induced with and conidia. ...

Health-related quality of life in patients with non-communicable disease: study protocol of a cross-sectional survey

oL). However, knowledge about those diseases and predictors with a greater impact on patients’ HRQ oL as well as knowledge on the complex relationship between HRQ oL and comorbidities is lacking. The aim ...

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