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Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses: survey in Belgium, 2022
ESCAIDE, ECDC, Barcelona, Spain (2023) Keywords: Health Belief Model KNOWLEDGE Mosquitoes Perception Vector Borne Diseases Abstract: Background Effective preparedness for emerging mosquito-borne viruses (MBV ...
Genomic monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 variants using sentinel SARI hospital surveillance.
monitor general trends and early signals of viral genetic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and compare it with the BGS as a reference model. METHODS: Nine-hundred twenty-five SARS-CoV-2 positive samples from ...
Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022
multiple factors impede the usefulness of WBE and quantitative adjustment may be required. Aim: We aimed to model the relationship between WBE data and incident COVID-19 cases, while adjusting for ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
history before or after completion PC (based on PCR tests). We used a quasibinomial logistic regression model to determine influential factors on the booster uptake. Results Among the Belgian adult ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
reported coverage by demographics (age, region of residence and sex) and COVID-19 infection history before or after completion PC (based on PCR tests). We used a quasibinomial logistic regression model to ...
Identification of Mycobacterium abscessus Subspecies by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning.
challenging. In this study, a collection of 325 clinical isolates of M. abscessus was used for MALDI- TOF MS analysis and for the development of machine learning predictive models based on MALDI- TOF MS protein ...
Self-uniqueness beliefs and adherence to recommended precautions. A 5-wave longitudinal COVID-19 study
a 5-wave longitudinal study in December 2020-May 2021 (N ≈ 5000/wave). The sample was in key respects representative for the Belgian population. We used joint models to examine the relationship between ...
The HLS19-COM-P, a new instrument for measuring communicative health literacy in interaction with ohysicians: development and validation in nine European countries
unidimensional partial credit Rasch model, obtained acceptable goodness-of-fit indices and high reliability. Two items tend to under-discriminate. Few items displayed differential item functioning (DIF) across ...
Estimating national and subnational nutrient intake distributions of global diets
the estimation of inadequacy, and make these distributions publicly available. METHODS: We compiled dietary data sets from 31 geographically diverse countries, modeled usual intake distributions for 32 ...
Optimization of Long-Acting Bronchodilator Dose Ratios Using Isolated Guinea Pig Tracheal Rings for Synergistic Combination Therapy in Asthma and COPD.
tiotropium bromide monohydrate (TIO) to assess their synergistic potential. This was done using an appropriate ex vivo model of isolated perfused guinea pig tracheal rings, and pharmacological models of drug ...