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Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.
important social inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 infections and related COVID-19 outcomes in the Belgian population. The aim of our study was to investigate the sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
status (SES). Methods Data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey (HIS), a representative cross-sectional household survey conducted in 1997, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018, was used. Study participants ...
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults
superior predictive validity compared to the currently employed algorithm by the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI). METHODS: The current study includes a secondary ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: L. Peckeu-Abboud; E. van Kleef; T. Smekens; Katrien Latour; Sara Dequeker; Laura Int Panis; M. Laga Source: Epidemiology and Infection (2022) Keywords: COVID-19 long-term care facilities Abstract ...
Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.
patients fulfilling the Belgian SARI definition between January 2020 and December 2022 were sequenced using the ARTIC Network amplicon tiling approach on a MinION platform. Weekly variant of concern (VOC) ...
Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Elise Braekman *; Rana Charafeddine *; Berete, Finaba; Helena Bruggeman *; Sabine Drieskens *; Lydia Gisle; Lize Hermans *; Johan Van der Heyden *; Stefaan Demarest Source: Archives of Public Hea ...
Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study.
by non-typhoid Salmonella can be a fatal condition which is more common in low and middle-income countries. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a Salmonella meningitis in a Belgian six-month old ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
a documented COVID-19 infection) factors associated with the first and second booster uptake. Methods We used individually-linked data from the Belgian COVID-19 vaccine registry and the COVID-19 test database to ...
A new data collection system for Epilabo: the network of sentinel laboratories
experiences of COVID-19 and the Belgian sentinel network of laboratories (Epilabo), established in 1983. Methods Individual test results are transferred in bulk from the data infrastructure of the clinical ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
data from the Belgian COVID-19 vaccine registry and the COVID-19 test database to determine booster uptake among the 18+ Belgian population having completed the primary vaccination course (PC). We ...