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Occurrence and identification of spore-forming bacteria in skim-milk powders
spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus cereus, can be challenging for the industry to meet. Twenty-two samples of medium-heat skim-milk spray-dried powder from eight sources were analysed in triplicate with 16 ...
The health and economic impact of acute gastroenteritis in Belgium, 2010-2014
343 deaths, 27 707 hospitalised patients, 464 222 GP consultations and 10 058 741 episodes occurring in the community (0.91 cases/person) on average per year. AGE was associated with 11 855 DALY s per ...
The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006: a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence
age group weighted overall CMV seroprevalence derived from the mixture model was 32% (95% confidence interval (CI) 31-34%) in 2002 and 31% (95% CI 30-32%) in 2006. We demonstrated that CMV epidemiology ...
Global burden of intellectual disability resulting from prenatal exposure to methylmercury, 2015
biomarker, and a dose-effect relationship of an 0.18 point IQ reduction per µg/g increase in maternal hair Hg was assumed, based on a meta-analysis. A systematic review was conducted to obtain country-specific ...
Global burden of late-stage chronic kidney disease resulting from dietary exposure to cadmium, 2015
Cadmium-related incidence rate, calculated as the change in the prevalence during a one-year period, were used to compute the mortality and DALY in all WHO regions. It is estimated that dietary cadmium would result ...
An awkward fishing expedition
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: L. Marissiaux; M-L Scippo; Daube,G.; Sarah Denayer; N Botteldoorn; S. Gobert; B. Scholtes; Ghuysen, A. Source: Acta Anæsthesiologica ...
Detection and discrimination of five E. coli pathotypes using a combinatory SYBR® Green qPCR screening system
24 h of enrichment. Health Topics: Food-borne illness Voedseltoxi-infecties (toxi-)infection alimentaire (TIA) Manuscript versions: DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00253-018-8820-0 ...
A pan-European ring trial to validate an International Standard for detection of Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in seafoods
Serbruyns; F. Georgsson; G. Krumova-Valcheva; E. Gyurova; C. Blanco; S. Copin; E. Strauch; K. Wieczorek; M. Lopatek; A. Britova; G. Hardouin; B. Lombard; P. in't Veld; A. Leclercq; C. Baker-Austin Source: ...
Food-Borne Outbreak Investigation and Molecular Typing: High Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus Strains and Importance of Toxin Detection
Union as it can cause gastro-enteritis through the production of various staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE s) in foods. Reported enterotoxin dose levels causing food-borne illness are scarce and varying. ...
World Health Organization estimates of the relative contributions of food to the burden of disease due to selected foodborne hazards: A structured expert elicitation
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Hald, Tine; Aspinall, Willy; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Cooke, Roger; Corrigan, Tim; A. H. Havelaar; Herman J. Gibb; Paul R. Torgerson; ...