Résultats de la recherche - 17 results
Estimated number of lives directly saved by COVID-19 vaccination programmes in the WHO European Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023: a retrospective surveillance study.
Region from December, 2020, to March, 2023. METHODS: In this retrospective surveillance study, we estimated the number of lives directly saved by age group, vaccine dose, and circulating variant-of-concern ...
A survey of the representativeness and usefulness of wastewater-based surveillance systems in 10 countries across Europe in 2023
(WBS) has become a widespread method to monitor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other human pathogens in Europe. We conducted a survey about WBS systems’ objectives, approaches, representativeness and ...
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
confounders and autocorrelation. Methods: This nationwide WBE study includes data from 40 wastewater treatment plants (WWTP s) in Belgium (02/2021–06/2022). We applied ARIMA-based modelling to assess the effect ...
Third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine closes the gap in immune response between naïve nursing home residents and healthy adults.
but limited data is available on the immune responses it induces. METHODS: In this observational cohort study, peak humoral and cellular immune responses were compared 28 days after the second and third ...
Development of a Droplet Digital PCR to Monitor SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant BA.2 in Wastewater Samples
used as a complementary method to other SARS-CoV-2 surveillance systems. It allows the emergence and spread of infections and SARS-CoV-2 variants to be monitored in time and place. This study presents an ...
Innovative Methods Used in Monitoring COVID-19 in Europe: A Multinational Study
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Brigid Unim; Nienke Schutte; Martin Thissen; Luigi Palmieri Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 20, Issue 1 (2023) Health Topics: Coronavirus Corona ...
The prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 study (PICOV) in nursing home residents and staff- study protocol description and presentation of preliminary findings on symptoms.
past infection (naïve) in residents and staff members of nursing homes. This paper describes the study design and population characteristics at baseline. METHODS: In 26 Belgian nursing homes, all ...
Early high antibody-titre convalescent plasma for hospitalised COVID-19 patients: DAWn-plasma.
trials have studied convalescent plasma (CP) for COVID-19 using different protocols, with different SARS-CoV-2 neutralising-antibody-titres, at different time-points and severities of illness. METHODS: In ...
Closing schools for SARS-CoV-2: a pragmatic rapid recommendation
systematically compared the benefits and harms of closing primary and secondary schools and developed a recommendation. Methods: A multidisciplinary panel, including school pupils and teachers, educational ...
Determinants of adherence to COVID-19 measures among the Belgian population: an application of the protection motivation theory.
extent to which the general population in Belgium adhered to these measures, and which determinants were associated with adherence. METHODS: We undertook an internet survey among a sample of the Belgian ...