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Shotgun metagenomics as a ONE Health tool for better protecting human health
conventional methods in e.g. the field of pathogen detection/characterization along the food chain, starting from the food production environment (including detection of AMR genes) until foodborne outbreak ...
Validity of air pollution annoyance to assess long-term exposure to air pollution in Belgium
pollution annoyance and individual air pollution exposure. Methods Analyses were carried out based on a linkage of data from the Belgian Health Interview Survey (HIS 2009 and 2013; >15 years ; n = 9347) ...
Use of near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics for the classification of different Cannabis spp. samples found in Belgium
0.2% m/m, at least for police officers on site. There is a need to characterize these products with a rapid, ecological and cheap analytical method. The current methods of reference are GC- MS, GC- FID ...
Prevalence Estimation Of HCV Among People Who Inject Drugs In Belgium Through Respondent Driven Sampling, Capture-Recapture And Multiplier Method
Estimates about the number of people living with HCV in Belgium are rare and even less is known about the prevalence of HCV among PWID. Methods: Between February and April 2019, PWID were recruited in ...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium
presentation rate and severity of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) at presentation in Belgian DFC s. Materials and methods: A multicentre, prospective cohort study was done among 22 recognized DFC s in Belgium in ...
The COVID-19 pandemic strongly reduced the presentation rate of diabetic foot ulcers in Belgium, but the impact on severity was limited to slightly larger lesions
reluctant to visit the hospital. This study investigates the impact of the lockdown on presentation rate and diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) severity at presentation. Method: Within the ongoing national care ...
Verification of a non-validated reference method according to ISO 16140-3: an example: Detection of botulinum neurotoxin producing Clostridia following ISO/TS 17919
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Tom Van Nieuwenhuysen Source: BSFM 25th conference on Food Microbiology (2021) Keywords: C. botulinum ISO 16140 Verification Health Topics: Botulisme Botulism Botulisme Service: Pa ...
Brief assessment of (in)direct questions on domestic/partner violence in the Belgian HIS 2013-2018
deduction method. Methods The HIS is a cross-sectional survey in a representative population sample. The more sensitive subjects like domestic and partner violence are part of the self-administered questionnaire. In ...
Effectiveness of protective measures on dental care utilization: analysis from linked database
due to chronic diseases. This study examines the effectiveness of such protective measures on the use of dental care among a representative sample of Belgian adults. Methods Data from the participants ...
Analysis of mineral oil in food: An analytical challenge
methods such as epoxidation and clean-up with aluminum oxide. Next, the optimized method was used to analyze a wide variety of 198 food such as dry food, vegetables, fish and meat products, sweets,…. An ...