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Estimation of hepatitis E virus (HEV) pig seroprevalence using ELISA and Western blot and comparison between human and pig HEV sequences in Belgium.
scenarios varying the ELISA specificity relative to WB were analysed. The seroprevalences estimated by the different scenarios ranged between 69 and 81% and are in agreement with the high exposure of the ...
Pathways of human exposure to cobalt in Katanga, a mining area of the D.R. Congo.
each location. A food questionnaire was used to estimate dietary Co intake for adults and children. Geometric mean urine-Co (U-Co) concentrations were 4.5-fold (adults) and 6.6-fold (children) higher in ...
Mumps increase in Flanders, Belgium, 2012-2013: results from temporary mandatory notification and a cohort study among university students.
of 2012, a mumps outbreak occurred at the Catholic University of Leuven KU Leuven in Flanders. We investigated the outbreak to estimate incidence, mumps vaccine effectiveness and to detect potential ...
The effect of smoking on the duration of life with and without disability, Belgium 1997-2011.
(DFLE)) and with disability (Disability Life Expectancy (DLE)) and (2) to estimate the extent to which these effects are due to better survival or reduced disability in never smokers. METHODS: Data on ...
Using mortality follow-up of surveys to estimate social inequalities in healthy life years.
BACKGROUND: The estimation of healthy life years (HLY) by socio-economic status (SES) requires two types of data: the prevalence of activity limitation by SES generally extracted from surveys and mortality ...
Factors associated with the continuum of care of HIV-infected patients in Belgium.
in Belgium. METHODS: Data of the national registration of new HIV diagnosis and of the national cohort of HIV-infected patients in care were combined to obtain estimates of and factors related with proportions ...
Proteomic detection as an alternative for the quantification of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins
bacteria cause Common Control detection Development disease Diseases Efficiency enterotoxin Enterotoxins environment estimation food Foodborne Diseases foodborne outbreaks Foods Gastroenteritis ...
Falls among older general practice patients: a 2-year nationwide surveillance study.
coordination are considered to be general practitioner (GP)-specific tasks. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the incidence of falls among older non-institutionalized general practice patients in Belgium (2009-10) and to ...
Trends in corpus uteri cancer mortality in member states of the European Union.
https://www.sciensano.be/fr/biblio/trends-corpus-uteri-cancer-mortality-member-states-european-union
corpus uteri cancer mortality rates by calendar period and standardised cohort mortality ratios were also estimated. RESULTS: In 2008, 12,903 women died from corpus uteri cancer in the EU. Corrected ...
Preventable proportion of severe infections acquired in intensive care units: case-mix adjusted estimations from patient-based surveillance data.
intrinsic risk factors in the patient population is difficult. We aimed to estimate the proportion of ICU-acquired VAP and BSI cases that are amenable to prevention in routine conditions. METHODS: We analyzed ...