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Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling
et al. 2021). Discussion Our results showed that the combination of whole genome amplification, metagenomics and adaptive sampling using a database of S. aureus genomes outperformed shotgun ...
Aetiological and prognostic roles of frailty, multimorbidity and socioeconomic characteristics in the development of SARS-CoV-2 health outcomes: protocol for systematic reviews of population-based studies
included 10 139 articles, 411 for full-text reading. Results will be summarised by risk factor, objective and outcome. The feasibility of meta-analysis will be determined by the findings and will aim to ...
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults
positive and negative predictive value and area under the curve (AUC) were calculated to ascertain which algorithm is more accurate. RESULTS: The database included a total of 94 community-dwelling older ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Cross-sectional study was conducted between April 8-May 15, 2020. Data collected included demographics, group category (i.e. staff or resident), symptom status and test result. We retrieved additional data: number ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of healthcare workers: study protocol for the COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErS (HEROES) study
country’s income level. Results As of August 2021, ~ 34,000 health workers have been recruited. A general characterization of the recruited samples by sociodemographic and workplace variables is presented. ...
Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.
proportions and types were compared to those that were circulating between 2021 and 2022, using 96,251 sequences of the BGS. RESULTS: SARI surveillance allowed timely detection of the Omicron (BA.1, BA.2, BA.4, ...
RNA sequencing of avian paramyxovirus (Paramyxoviridae, Avulavirinae) isolates from wild mallards in Belgium, 2021: complete genomes and coinfections.
influenza virus (AIV) coinfection in all three virus isolates, confirming weak-positive AIV realtime RT- PCR results from the original sample material. In one AOAV-1 isolate, partial sequences covering all ...
Assessing the benefits of hypothetical air pollution reduction interventions on stroke in Belgium
average annual exposure to NO2 was lowered to the WHO guideline (10 μg/m3) and reduced by 25%, respectively. In the last scenario, the average annual exposure to BC was reduced by 25%. Results Stroke was ...
Belgian recommendations for analytical verification and validation of immunohistochemical tests in laboratories of anatomic pathology
laboratories. These results suggests the unavailability of practical information upon the approach to verification and validation of these tests. The existing Belgian Practice Guideline for implementation of ...
A comparison of COVID-19 incidence rates across six European countries in 2021.
between surveillance systems were detected. Results showed wide variations in testing rates, access to free testing and the types of tests recorded in national databases, which may substantially limit ...