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NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OF SARS-COV-2 IN WASTEWATER- How does WBE contribute to the global epidemiologic assessment in Belgium? (September 2020 – 2024)
24h-representative samples at the inlet of 42 wastewater treatment plants twice a week. The present report presents the COVID-19 wastewater-based epidemiology surveillance between February 2021 and December 2023 and ...
Recovering radiotherapy services in England: Our plan for action
visibility in the public debate as chemotherapy and other cancer treatments. This briefing explores the main drivers of lengthening waiting times for radiotherapy and what action we need at a national and ...
Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals in 2022: Results of ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) point prevalence survey (PPS) reported a 5.9% HAI prevalence in European acute care hospitals, with Belgium showing a higher rate at 7.3%. In 2022, ...
Protection conferred by an H5 DNA vaccine against highly pathogenic avian influenza in chickens: The effect of vaccination schedules.
strain) of clade 2.3.4.4c was evaluated in specific pathogen-free (SPF) white leghorn chickens against a homologous and heterologous H5 HPAI viruses. A single vaccination at 2 weeks of age (1 dose), and ...
Effects of tree pollen on throughfall element fluxes in European forests
which are part of the ICP Forests Level II network. The SPI n for the dominant tree genus was observed at 56 aerobiological monitoring stations in nearby cities. The net contribution of pollen was ...
Surveillance of Bloodstream Infections in Belgian Hospitals- Annual report 2023, Data up to and including 2022
that CLABSI incidence in 2022 remains at an increased level as compared to pre- COVID19 years. We therefore recommend a strong focus on the prevention of this type of HABSI, in the first place by freeing ...
Surveillance of Bloodstream Infections in Belgian Hospitals- Annual report 2023, Data up to and including 2022
HABSI origin in 2022, and that CLABSI incidence in 2022 remains at an increased level as compared to pre- COVID19 years. We therefore recommend a strong focus on the prevention of this type of HABSI, in ...
The use of nitrous oxide whippets as a recreational drug: Hidden health risks.
was confirmed at a maximum concentration of 67 μg per whippet. ICP- MS and ICP- OES analysis revealed the presence of mainly iron and zinc, but also, traces of aluminum, chromium, cobalt, nickel, and ...
Development of a monoclonal antibody sandwich ELISA for the determination of antigen content and quality in diphtheria vaccines.
Paul Source: ALTEX, Volume 41, Issue 1 (2024) Keywords: Antibodies, Monoclonal Diphtheria Diphtheria Toxoid Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Humans Tetanus Toxoid vaccines Abstract: At present, quality ...
Spatial configuration of green space matters: Associations between urban land cover and air temperature
data were collected at two buffer scales (50m and 250m) and analysed using composition (relative cover) and configuration metrics (aggregation and shape indices). Multiple linear (mixed) models were used ...