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Multi locus variable-number tandem repeat (MLVA) typing tools improved the surveillance of Salmonella enteritidis: a 6 years retrospective study.
surveillance in Belgium. Phage types PT4, PT8, PT21, PT1, PT6, PT14 b, PT28 and PT13 dominate the Belgian S. Enteritidis population. The isolates of S. Enteritidis were most frequently susceptible to all ...
The global activity limitation indicator and self-rated health: two complementary predictors of mortality.
/ SRH and mortality. RESULTS: The GALI and SRH were strong and complementary predictors of mortality in the Belgian adult population. Although the two global instruments shared some traits, they predicted ...
Contribution of chronic diseases to the mild and severe disability burden in Belgium.
outcome, separately for men and women. RESULTS: A stable prevalence of mild (5 %) and severe (2-3 %) disability was observed for the Belgian population aged 15 years or older between 1997 and 2008. Arthritis ...
Changes in Meningococcal Strains in the Era of a Serogroup C Vaccination Campaign: Trends and Evolution in Belgium during the Period 1997-2012.
laboratory surveillance of 2997 clinical isolates of N. meningitides received by the Belgian Meningococcal Reference Centre (BMRC) over the period 1997-2012. RESULTS: Serogroup B has always been a major cause ...
Factors associated with excessive polypharmacy in older people.
people are a growing population. They live longer, but often have multiple chronic diseases. As a consequence, they are taking many different kind of medicines, while their vulnerability to pharmaceutical ...
Infection due to travel-related carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, a largely underestimated phenomenon in Belgium.
abroad. Actually, this is no longer the case. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: A surveillance was set up in Belgian hospitals (2012) in order to explore the epidemiology and determinants of CPE, including the link ...
Activity limitations predict health care expenditures in the general population in Belgium.
(2015) Keywords: Adult Belgium Chronic disease Disabled Persons Female health care costs Health Expenditures Health Status Indicators health surveys Humans Insurance, Health Male middle aged Population ...
Contribution of chronic diseases to the disability burden in a population 15 years and older, Belgium, 1997-2008.
life in older populations and leads to wide-range implications for social and health policy. The identification of diseases that contribute to the disability burden is crucial to the development of ...
Estimation of hepatitis E virus (HEV) pig seroprevalence using ELISA and Western blot and comparison between human and pig HEV sequences in Belgium.
of special concern, particularly in high income countries were waterborne infections are less frequent than in developing countries. High HEV seroprevalences can be found in European pig populations ...
Using mortality follow-up of surveys to estimate social inequalities in healthy life years.
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Rana Charafeddine; Nicolas Berger; Stefaan Demarest; Herman Van Oyen Source: Popul Health Metr, Volume 12, p.13 (2014) Abstract: ...