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Reconstruction of the Schmallenberg virus epidemic in Belgium: Complementary use of disease surveillance approaches.
January and April 2012. The number of cases drastically diminished in 2012-2013, although multiple lines of evidence obtained from cross-sectional serological surveys, analyses on aborted foetuses, sentinel ...
Resultaten van de 6e nationale campagne ter bevordering van de handhygiëne in ziekenhuizen, 2014-2015
point prevalence survey in Belgium executed in 2011, the prevalence rate of infected patients in Belgian acute care hospitals was 7.1% (95% confidence interval 6.1-8.3), resulting in an annual estimate of ...
Overview and evaluation of 15 years of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Belgium, 1998-2012.
Diagnostic confirmation of CJD is based on autopsy after referral by neurologists. Reference centres perform autopsies and report to the surveillance system. The aim of this study was to assess whether the ...
Good continuum of HIV care in Belgium despite weaknesses in retention and linkage to care among migrants.
Belgium presents low attrition rates over all stages. The undiagnosed HIV-infected population, although not precisely estimated, but probably close to 20% based on available survey and surveillance results, ...
First Belgian national EQA for special stains in histopathology
C. Van Campenhout Source: Belgian Week of Pathology, NA, Issue UGent, NA (2015) Abstract: In 2014, the first national survey for special stains in histopathology was organized by the Belgian ...
Validity of self-reported use of health care in the European Health Interview Survey
Day patient hospitalisation dentist differences EHIS EU European EUROSTAT Flanders GP Guidelines health health care health insurance health interview survey HEALTH-CARE HIS hospitalisation Indicator ...
Physician practices in requesting stool samples for patients with acute gastroenteritis, France, August 2013-July 2014.
more accurately interpret laboratory-based surveillance data. A survey was conducted in General Practitioners (GP s) between August 2013 and July 2014 to estimate the proportion of stool samples ...
External Quality Assessment for the Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Urine Using Molecular Techniques in Belgium.
sexually transmitted bacterial disease worldwide. C. trachomatis is an intracellular bacterium and its growth in vitro requires cell culture facilities. The diagnosis is based on antigen detection and more ...
Contribution of chronic diseases to the mild and severe disability burden in Belgium.
35,799 individuals aged 15 years or older who participated in the 1997, 2001, 2004, or 2008 Belgian Health Interview Surveys were analysed. Mild and severe disability were defined based on questions ...
How well do physical activity questions perform? A European cognitive testing study.
questionnaires (PAQ s). This study aimed at examining whether two PAQ s work as intended with different segments of the survey population in different cultural settings in Europe. METHODS: The International ...