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RNA-based drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
phenotypic Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST) of M. tuberculosis (Mtb), multiple DNA-based methods were successfully introduced over the last years. Although these are fast and sensitive, they (a) are based on ...
Comparison of SNP-based subtyping workflows for bacterial isolates using WGS data, applied to Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium and serotype 1,4,[5],12:i:.
Besides the technological advances which have pushed the approach forward, the last years have been marked by considerable evolution of the whole genome sequencing data analysis methods. Prior to ...
Pertussis diagnosis in Belgium: results of the National Reference Centre for Bordetella anno 2015.
a vaccination or pertussis infection during the last 1-2 years. Seventy per cent of the pertussis cases diagnosed by qPRC were in infants and children younger than 14 years old, whereas the highest number of sera ...
Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study.
processing blocks, all sectioning centers underwent a quality control to guarantee a satisfactory training process. The first and last sections of the FFPE s were used for histopathological assessment. ...
Retrospective study of human cystic echinococcosis over the past decade in France, using a nationwide hospital medical information database.
documented since the last decade of the twentieth century. We performed the current analysis to assess human cystic echinococcosis epidemiology over a 10-year period in France (including the island of Corsica ...
Development and implementation of a transversal NGS & bioinformatics platform at the Belgian Institute of Public Health
researched and developed with the aim of supporting a proactive public health policy. Lastly, interaction with other high-throughput technologies such as mass spectrometry, are actively being investigated. ...
Vaccine effectiveness estimates in preventing laboratory-confirmed mild and moderate-to-severe influenza in the Belgian population during the last 3 seasons.
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Hombrouck,A.; Viviane Van Casteren; Steven Van Gucht; Sophie Quoilin; Françoise Wuillaume; Isabelle Thomas; Nathalie Bossuyt Source: Séminaire Diagnostic et surveillance des maladies ...
Does exposure type impact differentially over time on the development of mental health disturbances after a technological disaster?
study calls attention to the fact that mental health problems disturbances are significantly more prevalent and long-lasting among survivors who have directly been exposed to human damage. Health Topics: ...
Changes in Meningococcal Strains in the Era of a Serogroup C Vaccination Campaign: Trends and Evolution in Belgium during the Period 1997-2012.
of meningococcal disease in Belgium, with P3.4 as most frequent serotype till 2008, while an increase in non-serotypable strains has been observed in the last few years. Clonal complexes cc-4¼4 and ...
Factors associated with excessive polypharmacy in older people.
practitioner in past 2 months and self-reported depression during the last year. Ninety percent of persons in the excessive polypharmacy group are taking medicines active on the cardiovascular system. ...