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Contextual factors influencing the equitable implementation of precision medicine in routine cancer care in Belgium
implementation of precision medicine in Belgium for incorporating precision medicine into routine cancer care within the Belgian health system. Methods As part of a foresight study, our approach evaluates critical ...
Nationwide quality assurance of high-throughput diagnostic molecular testing during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: role of the Belgian National Reference Centre.
in Belgium, UZ / KU Leuven has played a crucial role as the National Reference Centre (NRC) for respiratory pathogens, to be the first Belgian laboratory to develop and implement laboratory developed ...
Monitoring COVID-19 in Belgian general practice: A tool for syndromic surveillance based on electronic health records
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Bénédicte Vos; Laura Debouverie; Kris Doggen; Nicolas Delvaux; Bert Aertgeerts; Robrecht De Schreye; Bert Vaes Source: European Journal of General Practice, Volume 30, Issue 1 (2024) Keywords: Ac ...
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 ...