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COVID-19 contact tracing in Belgium: main indicators and performance, January- September 2021.
health tools in the control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A centralized contact tracing system was developed in Belgium in 2020. We aim to evaluate the performance and describe the results, ...
The influence of risk perceptions on close contact frequency during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
with high levels of perceived severity after controlling for other variables. Our results highlight the key role of perceived severity on social contact behaviour during a pandemic. Nevertheless, ...
Development, validation and application of multi-class methods for the analysis of food additives by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry
aimed to develop an accurate and high-throughput analytical method enabling the simultaneous determination of additives from different functional classes to facilitate controls and generate occurrence ...
Contents of Amoxicillin Drugs Dispensed in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
9 combined specimens. Our results highlight the need for drug quality control through inspection and specific analytical methods such as spectrophotometry and chromatography to reduce the public health ...
Occurrence of (suspected) genotoxic flavoring substances in Belgian alcohol-free beers.
Keywords: beer Belgium DNA Damage Flavoring Agents Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Abstract: The regulatory landscape of flavorings is evolving, thereby putting pressure on control laboratories to ...
Reliable and Scalable SARS-CoV-2 qPCR Testing at a High Sample Throughput: Lessons Learned from the Belgian Initiative.
heterogeneous instrumentation and diverse assays, assay components, and protocols. The workflow was set up with continuous quality control monitoring, tied together through a clinical-grade information management ...
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016
Volume 80, Issue 1 (2022) Keywords: Anti-Bacterial Agents cross-sectional studies INFECTION Infection Control long-term care nursing homes Abstract: Background Belgium monitors the burden of ...
Post COVID-19 condition and its physical, mental and social implications: protocol of a 2-year longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
enter into the cohort. A matched non- COVID-19 control group was also selected. As of November 1, 2021, 10,708 people completed the baseline questionnaire (5% of the eligible population) and the follow-up ...
Titanium dioxide particles frequently present in face masks intended for general use require regulatory control
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Eveline Verleysen; Ledecq, Marina; Lisa Siciliani; Karlien Cheyns; Christiane Vleminckx; Marie-Noelle Blaude; Sandra De Vos; Frederic Brassinne; Frederic Van Steen; Régis Nkenda; Ronny Machiels; ...
Non-specific symptoms and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in patients with Lyme borreliosis: a prospective cohort study in Belgium (2016–2020)
syndrome (PTLDS). This study aimed to compare the occurrence of symptoms between LB patients and controls, to estimate the proportion of LB patients developing PTLDS and to identify risk factors. Methods ...