Résultats de la recherche - 10 results
Evaluating methodological approaches to assess the severity of infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants: scoping review and applications on Belgian COVID-19 data.
expertise and therapeutic strategies, vaccination coverage and natural immunity, pressure on the healthcare system, affected population groups) according to the successive waves of COVID-19, dominated by ...
Time trends in the use of field-substitution in the Belgian health interview survey
BHIS (1997-2018) is assessed. We investigated to what extent field-substitution contributes to obtaining the requested net-sample size and whether this has evolved throughout the successive BHIS ’s. ...
Poor timing and failure of source control are risk factors for mortality in critically ill patients with secondary peritonitis.
(OR 0.50 [0.34-0.73]). CONCLUSION: ‘Urgent’ and successful source control was associated with improved odds of survival. Appropriateness of empirical antimicrobial treatment did not significantly affect ...
Insights From Early Clinical Trials Assessing Response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination in Immunocompromised Patients.
risk of developing severe disease. This is challenging, however, since effective mRNA vaccination requires the successful cooperation of several components of the innate and adaptive immune systems, both ...
Organizing the health interview survey at the local level: design of a pilot study.
younger adults, and women more than men. CONCLUSION: The LHIS can be successfully implemented in Flemish municipalities. The method, however, does not guarantee that the composition of the final sample ...
Movements of free-range pigs in rural communities in Zambia: an explorative study towards future ring interventions for the control of Taenia solium
transmission and, consequently, the success of ring interventions against T. solium. The aim of the present study was to explore roaming patterns of pigs in T. solium endemic communities in Zambia as a first ...
COVID-19 contact tracing in Belgium: main indicators and performance, January- September 2021.
of reported HRC was 2.7. In total, 666.869 HRC were reported of which 91% were successfully contacted and 89% of these were tested at least once following the interview. The estimated average secondary ...
Strategy to Develop and Evaluate a Multiplex RT-ddPCR in Response to SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Evolution.
samples and wastewater. Next, the assays were successfully experimentally evaluated for their sensitivity and specificity. A preliminary evaluation of the applicability of the developed method was performed ...
Making the case for strong health information systems during a pandemic and beyond.
message that successful reactions to the pandemic are (also) grounded in strong HIS that ultimately not only benefit the health of the population but also create a number of economic and psycho-social ...
The Belgian health examination survey: objectives, design and methods.
were obtained for more than 90% of the participants. Conclusion: It is feasible to organize a health examination survey as a second stage of the BHIS. The first successfully organized BELHES provides ...