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Retrospective evaluation of routine whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the Belgian National Reference Center, 2019.
Roosens, Nancy; Vodolazkaia, Alexandra; Mukovnikova, Marina; Mathys, Vanessa Source: Acta Clin Belg (2021) Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Since January 2019, the Belgian National Reference Center for Mycobacteria ...
Application of a strain-level shotgun metagenomics approach on food samples: resolution of the source of a Salmonella food-borne outbreak
200 students and teachers. Following standard procedures, the Belgian National Reference Center for human salmonellosis and the National Reference Laboratory for Salmonella in food and feed used ...
Coverage of the national surveillance system for human Salmonella infections, Belgium, 2016-2020.
the National Reference Center (NRC). Knowledge of current diagnostic practices and the coverage of the national Salmonella surveillance system are important to correctly interpret surveillance data and ...
Infective endocarditis caused by on a prosthetic pulmonary valve with false positive serology for- The first described case.
diagnostic criteria for Q fever endocarditis. However, this diagnosis could not be confirmed by the National Reference Center, making it the first reported case of a false positive serology for during an ...
A Bioinformatics Whole-Genome Sequencing Workflow for Clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolate Analysis, Validated Using a Reference Collection Extensively Characterized with Conventional Methods and In Silico Approaches
Keersmaecker, Sigrid; Roosens, Nancy; Marchal, Kathleen; Mathys, Vanessa; Vanneste, Kevin Source: J Clin Microbiol (2021) Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance Mycobacterium tuberculosis national reference center ...
The burden of legionnaires' disease in Belgium, 2013 to 2017.
data, data from three infectious disease surveillance systems (mandatory notification, sentinel laboratories and the national reference center), information on reimbursed diagnostic tests from the Belgian ...
The burden of legionnaires’ disease in Belgium, 2013 to 2017
sentinel laboratories and the national reference center), information on reimbursed diagnostic tests from the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance and mortality data from the ...
Listeria surveillance in Belgium
strains are voluntarily sent to the National Reference Center (NRC). Identity confirmation is performed using biochemical assays and serotyping by slide agglutination. Since 2018, according to recent ...
Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in humans in Belgium for the period 2013-2016
Gram-negative bacterium is present worldwide, including Belgium where numerous patients were shown to harbour antibodies against this pathogen as recorded by the Belgian National Reference Center (NRC) for ...
Validation of a Bioinformatics Workflow for Routine Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequencing Data and Related Challenges for Pathogen Typing in a European National Reference Center: as a Proof-of-Concept.
Nancy Roosens; Kevin Vanneste Source: Front Microbiol, Volume 10 (2019) Keywords: national reference center Neisseria meningitidis public health VALIDATION whole-genome sequencing Abstract: Despite being ...