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Salmonella spp. as a be.Prepared Case Study for Integrating Microbial Genomic and Health Data in Public Health Surveillance
seminar for Infectious Diseases, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium (2025) Keywords: Genomics national reference center public health Salmonella Surveillance Abstract: An interoperable architecture is essential ...
be.Prepared: Setting up a cloud-based bioinformatics platform and coupled NRC usability platform for integrated genomic-epidemiological analysis at a national level
clustering of cgMLST profiles to alert experts at the National Reference Centers for human microbiology (NRC s) of potentially ongoing outbreaks for epidemiological investigation. The cloud-based nature of the ...
Galaxy @Sciensano: a comprehensive bioinformatics portal for genomics-based microbial typing, characterization, and outbreak detection.
results. Many of these pipelines are part of the routine activities of Belgian national reference centers and laboratories, some of which use them under ISO accreditation. This resource is publicly available ...
Possible impact of culture-independent diagnostic techniques on surveillance of gastrointestinal pathogens in Belgium
80% of the laboratories intend to perform reflex cultures or send samples to the national reference centers. A switch in diagnostic practices towards CIDT for gastrointestinal pathogens is expected but ...
Personal characteristics and transmission dynamics associated with SARS-CoV-2 semi-quantitative PCR test results: an observational study from Belgium, 2021-2022.
Humans Male middle aged SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Efficacy Viral Load Young adult Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Following harmonization efforts by the Belgian National Reference Center for SARS-CoV-2, semi-quantitative ...
Assessment of the clinical and analytical performance of three Seegene Allplex SARS-CoV-2 assays within the VALCOR framework.
Clementina E Cocuzza; Steven Van Gucht; Marc Van Ranst; M. Arbyn Source: Microbiol Spectr (2024) Keywords: Allplex COVID-19 diagnostics test accuracy Quality Control reference materials RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 ...
Microbial quality analysis of falsified medicines seized by controling agencies
medications are mainly encountered in developing region, the criminal focus in western countries seems to center more on lifestyle medicines, including sexual performance enhancers, sport performance boosters, ...
Intra- and interlaboratory reproducibility of the RIATOL qPCR HPV genotyping assay.
of the National Reference Center for HPV in Belgium. Specimens were collected in the context of cervical cancer screening and tested in two different laboratories. The international reproducibility ...
Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study.
analysis was compatible with a bacterial meningitis which was later identified by the NRC (National Reference Center) as Salmonella enterica serovar Durban. CONCLUSIONS: In this paper, we present the ...
Towards a new (H)ERA: Preparedness for outbreak detection and response
preparedness and risk management. As a result, the current HERA-Incubator- WGS project covers a proof-of-principle of a national genomic-epidemiologic eHealth framework for five national reference centers (NRC ...