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Incidence rate, predictors and outcomes of interruption of HIV care: nationwide results from the Belgian HIV cohort
returned to care, 43.7% had a VL ≤ 200 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL, suggesting care abroad or suboptimal care (without an HIV-related care record) in Belgium during the HCI, and 56.3% returned without controlled VL ...
The protective effect of rural life on mite sensitization disappears among urban migrants in the South of Vietnam.
defined on the basis of a home typology. Controls were western Belgian houses (n = 14). Besides the house characteristics, both endotoxin and mite allergens were measured in the settled dusts. The ...
Mixing mixed-mode designs in a national health interview survey: a pilot study to assess the impact on the self-administered questionnaire non-response.
multilevel model was used to evaluate the item non-response in the two SAQ modes while controlling for respondents’ characteristics. RESULTS: Of the eligible F2F respondents in this study, 76% (107/140) agreed ...
Diphtheria in Belgium: 2010-2017.
availability of DAT in many countries. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and World Health Organization have called for European Union-wide solutions to this DAT-shortage. In order to ...
Point Prevalence Study of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute-Care Hospitals: Results of the ECDC PPS 2017
Background: In 2011, the first European point prevalence study (PPS) of antimicrobial use and healthcare-associated infections (HAI s) was organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ...
HIV testing within general practices in Europe: a mixed-methods systematic review.
Study Group Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 18, Issue 1 (2018) Keywords: Europe General practice general practitioners HIV Infections Humans Mass Screening Primary Health Care Randomized Controlled ...
Relationship between mold exposure, specific IgE sensitization, and clinical asthma: A case-control study.
indoor mold contamination among mold-sensitized patients with asthma and nonsensitized patients with asthma. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted and several asthma severity markers were compared ...
Roadbook for the implementation of next-generation sequencing in clinical practice in oncology and hemato-oncology in Belgium.
registration and tackling ethical issues. A final step is to perform a pilot study to control the access, quality, harmonization and expertise in DNA testing. This action plan can serve as a guide for similar ...
Allergic Asthma Favors Growth in the Lungs of Infected Mice.
the impact of asthma on the control of infectious microorganisms and the underlying mechanisms. In this work, we characterize the consequences of allergic asthma on intranasal (i.n.) infection by ...
Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan.
welfare compromise as perceived by humans and total impact of diseases in individual animals. The WALY can potentially be used for prioritisation of disease eradication and control programs, quantification ...