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Trends in social inequalities in obesity: Belgium, 1997 to 2004.

METHODS: We used data from three national cross-sectional health interview surveys (1997 n=7953, 2001 n=8887, and 2004 n=9709) to estimate age-standardized obesity prevalence and a series of summary measures ...

Infections in residents of nursing homes.

control measures should be based upon the particularities of the specific setting of a nursing home and its residents. Health Topics:  Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Category:  A1 FOS Classification:  3.03 ...

A population-based prevalence study of hepatitis A, B and C virus using oral fluid in Flanders, Belgium.

hepatitis A antibodies, hepatitis B surface antigen and hepatitis C antibodies was measured in oral fluid samples collected by postal survey. Using the National Population Register, an incremental sampling ...

Immunogenicity of eight dormancy regulon-encoded proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in DNA-vaccinated and tuberculosis-infected mice.

The strongest Th1 responses were measured following vaccination with DNA encoding Rv2031c and Rv2626c. Using synthetic 20-mer overlapping peptides, 11 immunodominant, predicted major histocompatibility ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization is associated with higher mortality in nursing home residents with impaired cognitive status.

PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand eight hundred fourteen nursing home residents. MEASUREMENTS: The consequences of MRSA colonization on mortality and hospitalization were studied, adjusting for potential confounders. ...

Interactive analysis of Belgian vital statistics on the Internet.

the Centre for Operational Research in Public Health (CORPH) is to optimize the accessibility to health information, thus making it possible to measure and follow up the health status of the Belgian ...

Differential inequity in health expectancy by region in Belgium.

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the size of social inequities in health between regions in Belgium using a composite health measure, the disability free life expectancy (DFLE). METHODS: Mortality data ...

Street youths are the only high-risk group for HIV in a low-prevalence South American country.

OBJECTIVES: To measure HIV prevalence in various subpopulations in Bolivia. DESIGN: In 2002 in Cochabamba, we offered voluntary counseling and testing to homeless street youths, registered and unregistered ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis with disruption in genes encoding the phosphate binding proteins PstS1 and PstS2 is deficient in phosphate uptake and demonstrates reduced in vivo virulence.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phosphate-Binding Proteins Phosphates Tuberculosis virulence Abstract: By measuring phosphate uptake by Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with the pstS1 and pstS2 genes genetically ...

Validation of the CALUX bioassay for PCDD/F analyses in human blood plasma and comparison with GC-HRMS.

CALUX bioassay to measure all compounds with affinity for the AhR may partly explain this proportional systematic error. Nevertheless, the present results suggest that the CALUX bioassay could be ...

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