Résultats de la recherche - 31 results
Strong increase of true and false positive mycobacterial cultures sent to the National Reference Centre in Belgium, 2007 to 2016.
(1,097/2,534) of all samples in 2016.ConclusionWe recommend inclusion of NTM in sentinel programmes. The large increase of false positive cultures is hypothesised to result from processing issues prior to arrival ...
Co-circulation of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza A(H3N2) viruses, World Health Organization (WHO) European Region, October 2018 to February 2019.
season started in week 49 2018, crossing 10% virus-positivity in sentinel surveillance specimens. At week 5 2019, activity remained elevated with positivity rates at 55%. Both A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2) ...
Incidence estimation from sentinel surveillance data; a simulation study and application to data from the Belgian laboratory sentinel surveillance
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Toon Braeye; Sophie Quoilin; Hens, Niel Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezo ...
Combining primary care surveillance and a meta-analysis to estimate the incidence of the clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis in Belgium, 2015–2017
clinical manifestations of LB in Belgium. The incidence of erythema migrans (EM) was estimated through the network of sentinel general practices at 97.6/100,000 inhabitants (uncertainty interval [UI] ...
Quality of primary palliative care for older people with mild and severe dementia: an international mortality follow-back study using quality indicators.
representative Sentinel Networks of General Practitioners (GP s) in Belgium, Italy and Spain. GP s registered all patient deaths in their practice. We applied a set of nine QI s developed through literature review ...
Haemolytic uremic syndrome surveillance in children less than 15 years in Belgium, 2009-2015.
infection with Shiga toxin-producing (STEC). In Belgium, the surveillance of paediatric HUS cases is conducted by a sentinel surveillance network of paediatricians called Pedisurv. In this article, we present ...
Palliative care service use by older people: Time trends from a mortality follow-back study between 2005 and 2014.
DESIGN: Mortality follow-back survey among general practitioners in a nationally representative Sentinel Network in 2005-2010, 2013 and 2014 in Belgium. SETTING / PARTICIPANTS: Of all their patients who ...
Effectiveness and Cost Efficiency of Different Surveillance Components for Proving Freedom and Early Detection of Disease: Bluetongue Serotype 8 in Cattle as Case Study for Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
Diagnosis France Freedom milk Netherlands reproduction Sentinel Surveillance Serogroup Abstract: Quick detection and recovery of country’s freedom status remain a constant challenge in animal health ...
Comparative Tick-Borne Encephalitis (Virus) Surveillance in Belgium 2009-2015: Experiences with Diagnostic Tests, Sentinel Species and Surveillance Designs
Volume 1, Issue 4 (2017) Keywords: Tick-borne encephalitis (virus); Wild boar; Roe deer; Sentinel species; Abstract: When it is not overtly affecting human beings, the Tick-Borne Encephalitis Flavivirus ...
General practice patients treated for substance use problems: a cross-national observational study in Belgium.
substance-related problems; (ii) the profile and the magnitude of the patient population that is treated for substance use problems. METHODS: Observational study by the Belgian Network of Sentinel General Practices ...