Zoekresultaten - 11 results
Occurrence and identification of spore-forming bacteria in skim-milk powders
(2019) Abstract: The different customer and regulatory specifications for mesophilic and thermophilic aerobic and anaerobic spore numbers in skim-milk powder, in addition to some specifications on specific ...
The health and economic impact of acute gastroenteritis in Belgium, 2010-2014
Disability-Adjusted Life Years Gastroenteritis Abstract: Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) remains a common condition in both low- and high-income countries. In Belgium, however, there is currently a lack of information on ...
The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006: a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence
Abstract: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is endemic worldwide but its seroprevalence varies widely. The goal of this study was to estimate the age-specific seroprevalence of CMV infection in Belgium based on ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
biomarker, and a dose-effect relationship of an 0.18 point IQ reduction per µg/g increase in maternal hair Hg was assumed, based on a meta-analysis. A systematic review was conducted to obtain country-specific ...
Global burden of late-stage chronic kidney disease resulting from dietary exposure to cadmium, 2015
calculated as the proportion of humans whose GFR fall in the ranges corresponding to Stage 4 or Stage 5 CKD. The increase in the CKD prevalence due to cadmium exposure was simulated based on a previously ...
Use of next‐generation sequencing in microbial risk assessment
the past decade has also witnessed an increase in microbial food alerts. Hence, research on food safety and quality remain of utmost importance. Complementary, and at least as important, is the ...
Detection and discrimination of five E. coli pathotypes using a combinatory SYBR® Green qPCR screening system
five Escherichia coli pathotypes, based on a combination of 13 SYBR ® Green qPCR, has been developed, i.e., combinatory SYBR ® Green qPCR screening system for pathogenic E. coli (CoSYPS Path E. coli). It ...
World Health Organization estimates of the relative contributions of food to the burden of disease due to selected foodborne hazards: A structured expert elicitation
through international networks followed by social network sampling. Final selection of experts was based on their experience including international working experience. Enrolled experts were scored on their ...
Toxoplasma gondii in stranded marine mammals from the North Sea and Eastern Atlantic Ocean: Findings and diagnostic difficulties
Toxoplasma gondii in marine mammals remains a poorly understood phenomenon. In this study, samples from 589 marine mammal species and 34 European otters (Lutra lutra), stranded on the coasts of Scotland, ...
Growth of Stressed Strains of Four Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Serogroups in Five Enrichment Broths.
were exposed to acid, cold, and freeze stresses. Lethal and sublethal injuries were determined by plating in parallel on selective and nonselective agar media. Freeze stress (8 days, 20°C) caused the ...