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Adherence to '5-2-1-0' guidelines and multiple risky behaviours among adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from Global School-based Student Health Survey 2012-2017.
participants, 12.7% (95% CI 7.5% to 19.0%) had overweight and 3.2% (95% CI 1.1% to 6.1%) had obesity. In almost all countries studied, girls were more affected by overweight and obesity than boys.While only 0.2% ...
Validation of an animal-free analytical method for the detection of bacterial endotoxins in human vaccines
assays are suitable for all vaccines tested, although the most appropriate technique of endotoxins quantification depends on the type of vaccine. Health Topics: Effectiveness and safety of vaccines, ...
Determination of vaccine bacterial endotoxins content by the rFC method
endotoxin in bacterial vaccines. The limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) and the recombinant factor C (rFC) assays are suitable for all vaccines tested. The rFC method has been implemented at Sciensano for batch ...
Virological surveillance report of the NRC influenza for season 2022-2023
Surveillance all year round with multi-virus testing proves useful to better understand seasonality and interference of the different respiratory viruses. Health Topics: Influenza Influenza Influenza Service: ...
Were SARS-CoV-2 self-tests used for their intended purpose? The experience in Belgium.
and the proportion of all positive tests that were confirmed self-tests. To evaluate the reason why people use self-tests, we used the results of two online surveys among members of the general ...
Regulatory expectations on the use of vaccine reference standards for maintaining product quality.
Opportunities, IABS, Issue IABS, Ottawa, Canada (2023) Abstract: Introduction – The manufacture of vaccines often involves complex processes requiring a strict control strategy at all steps. The Final Drug product ...
Epidemiologische surveillance van difterie: Toxigene corynebacteriën- Overzicht 2012-2022 en gedetailleerde resultaten 2019-2022
vaccinatiegraad in alle regio’s van het land is en blijft difterie een zeldzame ziekte in België. In 2022 deed zich echter een epidemie van toxigene C. diphtheriae infecties voor onder asielzoekers, waarbij 25 ...
Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems
latrines was more typical in low-income and middle-income countries (LMIC s). Almost all programmes analysed samples in-country, with an average processing time of 2·3 days in HIC s and 4·5 days in LMIC s. ...
Epidemiology of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium from wave 1 to wave 7 (March 2020 – 11 September 2022)
week 15 2020). Age and sex 91.8% of the COVID-19 deaths were 65 years and older. The median age of COVID-19 deaths was 84 years old and the average age was 81.6 years old. In all age groups up to 80-84 ...
Epidemiologie van COVID-19 mortaliteit in België van golf 1 tot golf 7 (maart 2020 – 11 september 2022)
jaar en de gemiddelde leeftijd was 81,6 jaar. In alle leeftijdsgroepen tot en met 80-84 jaar vertegenwoordigden mannen het grootste deel van de COVID-19 overlijdens. Plaats van overlijden De meeste ...