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Streptococcus pyogenes infections with limited emm-type diversity in the homeless population of Brussels, 2016-2018.

laboratory-confirmed Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) infections among inpatients hospitalized at a tertiary level hospital in Brussels, Belgium, according to the patients’ housing status (homeless ...

Human psittacosis: a review with emphasis on surveillance in Belgium.

Belgium, the number of reported positive laboratory results increased slowly since 2010, and in 2017, the number almost doubled compared to the two previous years. The number of psittacosis cases in Belgium, ...

Epidemiology and genotype 3 subtype dynamics of hepatitis E virus in Belgium, 2010 to 2017.

BackgroundHepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging public health concern in high-income countries and can cause acute and chronic hepatitis. Reported numbers of indigenously acquired HEV infection have increased in the ...

Incidence estimation from sentinel surveillance data; a simulation study and application to data from the Belgian laboratory sentinel surveillance

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Toon Braeye; Sophie Quoilin; Hens, Niel Source: BMC Public Health, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2019) Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring ...

European antimicrobial resistance surveillance Belgium (EARS-BE) 2017 – description of main findings

Antimicrobial resistance clinical laboratory european center for disease control general hospital Global antimicrobial resistance and use surveillance system Healthcare-associated infection invasive infection ...

European antimicrobial resistance surveillance, Belgium (EARS-BE) National statistical report, data from 2017

Antimicrobial resistance clinical laboratory european center for disease control general hospital Global antimicrobial resistance and use surveillance system Healthcare-associated infection invasive infection ...

Validation of intra- and inter-laboratory reproducibility of the Xpert HPV assay according to the international guidelines for cervical cancer screening.

intra- and inter-laboratory agreement regarding detection of high-risk HPV DNA exceeding 87% with kappa ≥0.5. RESULTS The Xpert HPV assay showed high intra-laboratory reproducibility with an overall ...

Comparison of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) systems for the identification of moulds in the routine microbiology laboratory.

Microflex LT (MLT) — and the MSI  application. METHODS: Moulds were collected retrospectively and prospectively to display epidemiological diversity of a microbiology laboratory. All of them were identified ...

VALHUDES: A protocol for validation of human papillomavirus assays and collection devices for HPV testing on self-samples and urine samples

particular devices before collection of a cervical sample by a clinician. Sample sets are subsequently analysed in a laboratory accredited for HPV testing. Disease verification for all enrolled patients is ...

Very Long Persistence of Botulinum Toxin B in a Patient’s Serum

immunocompromised adults) botulism. Case Report: A case of human botulism type B due to the consumption of an imported dried ham is reported. Laboratory results confirmed the diagnosis using the mouse bioassay and the qPCR ...

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