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Reflections of the NRL: implementation of EN ISO 11133 in food microbiology laboratories

11133 food microbiology laboratories Quality Abstract:   Microbiology testing is critical to guarantee food safety and quality. Laboratories performing these tests are required to deliver accurate and ...

10 years of organizing L. monocytogenes enumeration proficiency testing in food matrices at the Belgian national reference laboratory.

Sciensano as national reference laboratory (NRL) for L. monocytogenes. One of the NRL ’s task is to organize proficiency tests (PT) for official laboratories and inform the competent authority about the ...

Personal characteristics and transmission dynamics associated with SARS-CoV-2 semi-quantitative PCR test results: an observational study from Belgium, 2021-2022.

characteristics (age, sex, vaccination, and laboratory-confirmed prior infection) and disease stage by date of symptom onset were analyzed in relation to SQ- PCR results using logistic regression. Vaccine ...

Lessons Learned from Active Clinical and Laboratory Surveillance during the Sheep Pox Virus Outbreak in Spain, 2022-2023.

Castilla-La Mancha. Early after the initial confirmation, an active surveillance based on clinical inspection with laboratory confirmation of sheep with clinical signs was started in restricted areas. This ...

Development of a monoclonal antibody sandwich ELISA for the determination of antigen content and quality in diphtheria vaccines.

control of diphtheria vaccines by both manufacturers and national control laboratories relies heavily on in vivo assays to confirm potency. As part of the VAC2VAC project we have developed a monoclonal ...

Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among adults in Belgium

study aimed to investigate factors influencing the uptake of first and second COVID-19 booster vaccines among adults in Belgium, particularly age, sex, region of residence and laboratory confirmed ...

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalisation in adults (≥ 20 years) during Omicron-dominant circulation: I-MOVE-COVID-19 and VEBIS SARI VE networks, Europe, 2021 to 2022.

presence/absence of at least one commonly collected chronic condition.ResultsWe included 2,779 cases and 2,362 controls. The VE of all vaccine products combined against hospitalisation for laboratory-confirmed ...

Evaluation of a point-of-care test for the diagnosis of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis in rural southern Tanzania: a diagnostic accuracy study.

test had CT-confirmed neurocysticercosis. The TS POC test yielded a sensitivity of 49% (uncertainty interval [UI] 41-58) for neurocysticercosis. Sensitivity was similar to that of the rT24H- EITB (44%, ...

Epidemiology of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium from wave 1 to wave 7 (March 2020 – 11 September 2022)

was an even distribution (50.2% and 48.7% respectively). Case classification 87.7% of the COVID-19 deaths in Belgium were laboratory-confirmed cases. In 2021 and 2022 around 96% of the COVID-19 deaths ...

Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium

confirmed by whole genome sequencing and vaccinated with a homologous (mRNA for prime/mRNA for boost) or heterologous (viral vector for prime/mRNA for boost) prime-boost vaccination schedule were included in ...

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