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A new data collection system for Epilabo: the network of sentinel laboratories
population and enhance pandemic preparedness in Belgium. Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Manuscript versions: ...
Humoral and cellular immune correlates of protection against COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients.
vaccination, they have been prioritized for booster vaccination. However, an immunological correlate of protection has not been identified in this vulnerable population. We conducted a prospective monocentric ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
data from the Belgian COVID-19 vaccine registry and the COVID-19 test database to determine booster uptake among the 18+ Belgian population having completed the primary vaccination course (PC). We ...
Homologous versus heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccination: impact on clinical severity of Omicron among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection among hospitalized patients in Belgium, and if this effect is homogenous across different Omicron sub-lineages. Methods Observational data from existing national surveillance ...
Surveillance de la mortalité toutes causes confondues en Belgique, Flandre, Wallonie et Bruxelles durant l'été 2020. Be-MOMO The Belgian Mortality Monitoring
Sébastien Fierens Source: Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium, p.80 (2023) Accession Number: D/2023.14.440/20 Keywords: Be-MOMO COVID-19 Excess mortality mortality Surveillance Abstract: La période estivale 2020, du ...
Development of a Droplet Digital PCR to Monitor SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant BA.2 in Wastewater Samples
Roosens Source: Microorganisms, Volume 11, Issue 3 (2023) Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; omicron; VOC; mutation; RT-ddPCR; variant detection; wastewater surveillance Abstract: Wastewater-based surveillance can be ...
HPV-based Cervical Cancer Screening on Self-samples in the Netherlands: Challenges to Reach Women and Test Performance Questions.
Although population differences may partially explain these results, self-samples may have been too dilute, thereby reducing the analytic and clinical sensitivity. The Dutch findings demonstrate the ...
An overview of programmatic indicators to monitor the roll-out of HIV preexposure prophylaxis.
Issue 1 (2023) Keywords: HIV Infections Humans monitoring and evaluation preexposure prophylaxis program evaluation Public Health Surveillance Abstract: Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is increasingly ...
Evaluation of the clinical performance of OncoPredict HPV® SCR assay within the VALGENT‐2 framework
Intra- and interlaboratory reproducibility of the index was evaluated by overall concordance and Cohen’s kappa, using a sub-population (n = 526). Relative sensitivity and specificity for CIN2 + of the ...
Self-uniqueness beliefs and adherence to recommended precautions. A 5-wave longitudinal COVID-19 study
a 5-wave longitudinal study in December 2020-May 2021 (N ≈ 5000/wave). The sample was in key respects representative for the Belgian population. We used joint models to examine the relationship between ...