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A One-Health approach to monitoring antimicrobial consumption in Belgium 2012-2021
20.9% in 2021). By examining consumption by antimicrobial class, higher overall population-corrected consumption in humans was noted for penicillins, cephalosporins (all generations) and quinolones while ...
Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals in 2022: Results of ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
level. All patients present in the surveyed wards at 8 a.m. on the PPS day and not discharged at that time, were included. Modifications from the 2017 protocol included the incorporation of infection ...
Surveillance van de mortaliteit door alle oorzaken in België, Vlaanderen, Wallonië en Brussel tijdens de zomer van 2023. Be-MOMO the Belgian Mortality Monitoring.
2023 (week 40), vertoonde een ondersterfte van-2.5 % in België (alle leeftijden samen), met 1 042 minder sterfgevallen dan verwacht. Tijdens deze zomer waren er gemiddeld 274 sterfgevallen per dag, met ...
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study.
comparable for all regions. CONCLUSIONS: The identification of sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination uptake is critical to develop strategies guaranteeing a more equitable ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
children. Health promotion on nutrition and physical activity at school has the potential to reach children from all socioeconomic backgrounds, making it an important means of tackling health inequalities. ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
was organised testing all NH residents and staff. We analysed data of Flemish NH to identify institutional factors associated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates among NH residents. ...
A new data collection system for Epilabo: the network of sentinel laboratories
laboratory test results and the impact of different counter measures in the population by linking datasets. From the summer of 2023 onwards we aim a gradual onboarding of CML to achieve a coverage in all ...
Interim 2022/23 influenza vaccine effectiveness: six European studies, October 2022 to January 2023.
influenza A. Among all ages and settings, VE against influenza A ranged from 27 to 44%. Against A(H1N1)pdm09 (all ages and settings), VE point estimates ranged from 28% to 46%, higher among children (< 18 ...
Targeted Chromosomal Barcoding Establishes Direct Genotype-Phenotype Associations for Antibiotic Resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus.
demonstrated that the presence of the genetic barcode was linked to the targeted incorporation of the desired mutation in its chromosomal location. All recombinants displayed the same MIC to bedaquiline as the ...
Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Humboldt Penguins—Susceptibility Patterns andMolecular Epidemiology of Clinical and Environmental Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from a Belgian Zoo
penguins and other avian species from the zoo were also included. All veterinary and suspected ARAF isolates from the environment were characterized for their azole-resistance profile by broth microdilution. ...