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Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
were receiving at least one antimicrobial, with higher prevalence observed in patients over 65 years (31.1%). Intensive care units (56.3%) and surgical wards (38.7%) demonstrated the highest ...
NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE OF SARS-COV-2 IN WASTEWATER- How does WBE contribute to the global epidemiologic assessment in Belgium? (September 2020 – 2024)
in this work demonstrate that satisfying correlation levels were observed at the implementation and running stages of the present surveillance, which were used as a proof of concept for validating our ...
A One-Health approach to monitoring antimicrobial consumption in Belgium 2012-2021
were performed to assess the correlation between AMC and time. Results Significant reductions in total AMC (mg/kg estimated biomass) were observed over time in both humans and animals. Notably, in ...
Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses: survey in Belgium, 2022
preventive measures upon observing mosquitoes in and around the house (cues to action, 5.3/7.0). Participants had limited confidence in finding information on preventive measures and in recognizing and ...
A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa.
ST313- L2 likely emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo around 1980 and further spread in the mid 1990s. We observed plasmid-borne as well as chromosomally encoded fluoroquinolone resistance ...
Time series modelling for wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19: A nationwide study in 40 wastewater treatment plants of Belgium, February 2021 to June 2022
variability was observed in terms of explaining incident cases. These findings are of practical importance to WBE practitioners and show that the early-warning potential of WBE is WWTP-specific and ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
observed in the 75-84 age group (96.73%) and 85+ age group (82.30%) for the first and second booster respectively and the lowest for both boosters in the 18-24 age group (69.86% and 17.85%). Individuals who ...
Factors underlying COVID-19 booster vaccine uptake among fully vaccinated adults in Belgium
booster respectively. The highest coverage (number boosted over number PC completed) was observed in the 75-84 age group (96.73%) and 85+ age group (82.30%) for the first and second booster respectively and ...
Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Humboldt Penguins—Susceptibility Patterns andMolecular Epidemiology of Clinical and Environmental Aspergillus fumigatus Isolates from a Belgian Zoo
environment (n = 8) and from Humboldt penguins (n = 6). The TR34 / L98H mutation was observed in all resistant environmental strains, and in two resistant veterinary strains. To the best of our knowledge, this ...
Inequalities in mortality associated with housing conditions in Belgium between 1991 and 2020
between observed and expected deaths by applying mortality rates of the least deprived decile to other deciles. We also used standard life table calculations to estimate the potential years of life lost due ...