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Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
was organised testing all NH residents and staff. We analysed data of Flemish NH to identify institutional factors associated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates among NH residents. ...
Epidemiology of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium from wave 1 to wave 7 (March 2020 – 11 September 2022)
residents (65+). COVID-19 case fatality ratio The COVID-19 case-fatality ratio (CFR) in Belgium was estimated to be 0.65%, but it increased exponentially with age (4.92% for 75-84 years old and 9.87% above 85 years ...
Classification of post COVID-19 condition symptoms: a longitudinal study in the Belgian population
heterogeneous symptoms. Conclusions With the increasing number of people who underwent COVID-19, PCC has become an important but complex public health problem due to the heterogeneity of its symptoms. The classification of ...
Severity of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium.
associated with both severe COVID-19 progression and ICU admission. CONCLUSION: This matched observational cohort study did not find an overall increased risk of severe COVID-19 or death associated with ...
COVID-19 contact tracing in Belgium: main indicators and performance, January- September 2021.
January 1 2021 and September 30 2021 despite an increase in cases in March-April 2021. We report high SAR, indicating that through contact tracing a large number of infections were prospectively detected. ...
Strategy and Performance Evaluation of Low-Frequency Variant Calling for SARS-CoV-2 Using Targeted Deep Illumina Sequencing
curtail the virus spread. Additionally, emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants have increased the need for genomic surveillance to detect particular strains because of their potentially increased transmissibility, ...
Strategy to Develop and Evaluate a Multiplex RT-ddPCR in Response to SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Evolution.
virus evolution and compromise the accuracy of the diagnostic tests. Therefore, PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics should be evaluated and evolve together with the rapidly increasing number of new variants ...
Surveillance of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium, epidemiology and methodology during 1st and 2nd wave (March 2020- 14 February 2021)
hospitals (61%) than in nursing homes for elderly (NH s) (38%). In contrast, during the first wave, this distribution was more equal (50% in hospitals and 49% in NH s). The test capacity increased and the ...