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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 ...
Estimating the Uncertainty in Airborne Birch Pollen Modelling
Belgium, at least ~10% of people develop allergies due to birch pollen. Thus, many people may benefit from the birch pollen forecasting system established for the Belgian territory in 2023 based on the SILAM ...
Holography-based aerobiological monitoring: a 2-year intercomparison campaign versus the standard Hirst method in Brussels, Belgium
Keywords: pollen Abstract: Around 10% of the Belgian population is allergic to the pollen emitted by trees of the Betulaceae family (birch, alder, hazel and hornbeam) and an estimated 18% to grass pollen. To ...
Advancing automated identification of airborne fungal spores: Guidelines for cultivation and reference dataset creation
yield, clean spore isolation, dry aerosolization, and dataset cleaning have been explored for a series of 17 fungal species from the Belgian fungi collection BCCM / IHEM, including 5 Alternaria species ...
Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
a crude prevalence of 28.1% of inpatients receiving at least one antimicrobial was recorded in Belgian hospitals. In 2022, the ECDC PPS was repeated in Belgian acute care hospitals to reassess both HAI ...
Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
levels. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted between September and November 2022 in 57 representative acute care Belgian hospital sites (35 mergers), following the ECDC- PPS protocol version 6.0. ...
Installment of the Sciensano biobanks and their data quality management: lessons learned from the practical implementation of data quality control measures
Week, BBMRI-ERIC, Vienna, Austria (2024) Keywords: Control data LIMS Quality Sample-registers Abstract: The biobanks of the Sciensano health institute were installed in accordance to the Belgian ...
Exploring anxiety and depression trends: insights from the BELHEALTH cohort 2022-2024 in Belgium
pandemic and ensuing restrictions on the mental health of the Belgian population prompted the need for a sustainable system to monitor its evolution. Repeated COVID-19 surveys were conducted between 2020 and ...
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Belgium
context, the present contribution investigated the association between COVID-19 vaccination and demographic and socio-economic factors in Belgium at area and individual levels. Methods: The Belgian vaccine ...
First post-pandemic evaluation of quality indicators for infection prevention and control in Belgian acute hospitals, 2022 data
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Isabelle Uwera Mpalirwa; Katelijne Matthys Source: SF2H, Sciensano, Issue SF2H, Nancy, France (2024) Health Topics: Quality of healthcare Qualité des soins de santé Kwaliteit van de ...