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Morbidity Statistics: 2019 Pilot Data Collection Belgium, Final Report
were initiated while paving the way for enhanced future data exchanges and collaborations within other projects. Methodologies and tools were developed to increase the reproducibility of the analyses and ...
Risk assessment of nitrate and nitrite in feed
in which reproductive effects were not clearly associated with MetHb formation. Since the data available suggested that ovines and caprines are not more sensitive than bovines, the BMDL10 could also ...
Use of a Whole Genome Sequencing-based approach for Mycobacterium tuberculosis surveillance in Europe in 2017-2019: an ECDC pilot study.
countries and highlight the challenges and lessons learned to be considered for the future development of a WGS-based surveillance system. WGS and epidemiological data of patients with rifampicin (RR) and ...
The Belgian health examination survey: objectives, design and methods.
the BELHES until a predefined number ( = 1100) was reached. To obtain the required sample size, 4918 eligible BHIS participants had to be contacted. Data were collected at the participant’s home by ...
ADVANCE database characterisation and fit for purpose assessment for multi-country studies on the coverage, benefits and risks of pertussis vaccinations.
Vaccine (2020) Keywords: Big data Fit-for-purpose Real world evidence Vaccination Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The public-private ADVANCE consortium (Accelerated development of vaccine benefit-risk collaboration ...
Perceived utility and feasibility of pathogen genomics for public health practice: a survey among public health professionals working in the field of infectious diseases, Belgium, 2019
higher proportion of data providers indicated to have followed training in the field of pathogen genomics compared to data end-users (p < 0.001). Overall, 79% of participants expressed interest in ...
Potential impact of reduced tobacco use on life and health expectancies in Belgium
Abstract: Objectives We investigated the potential impact of reduced tobacco use scenarios on total life expectancy and health expectancies, i.e., healthy life years and unhealthy life years. Methods Data ...
Listeria surveillance in Belgium
over the years. Over the last 18 years, the incidence rates varied between 0.4 and 0.9 cases/100 000 inhabitants, which is relatively high compares to other European countries (average of 0.43/100 000 ...
Evolution of educational inequalities in life and health expectancies at 25 years in Belgium between 2001 and 2011: a census-based study
disability-free life expectancy at age 25 (LE and DFLE) in Belgium between 2001 and 2011. Methods: The 2001 and 2011 census data were linked with the national register data for a five-year mortality follow up. ...
Validation of a Bioinformatics Workflow for Routine Analysis of Whole-Genome Sequencing Data and Related Challenges for Pathogen Typing in a European National Reference Center: as a Proof-of-Concept.
bioinformatics assays. We also analyzed an extended validation dataset composed of publicly available WGS data for 64 samples by comparing results of the different bioinformatics assays against results obtained ...