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Belgian recommendations for analytical verification and validation of immunohistochemical tests in laboratories of anatomic pathology
equipment are common practice for today’s anatomic pathology laboratories. Few references or guidelines are available on how this should be performed. The study of Sciensano (the Belgian national competent ...
Assessing the benefits of hypothetical air pollution reduction interventions on stroke in Belgium
The proportion of prevented stroke cases would be respectively of 65.5%, 35.4%, 23.9%, 12.3%, 10%. Conclusions This study highlights the importance of air pollution on the stroke burden and demonstrates ...
A comparison of COVID-19 incidence rates across six European countries in 2021.
Adriana Pistol; Javiera Rebolledo; Flavia Riccardo; Maximilian Riess; Rusu, Lavinia Cipriana; Didier Che; Bruno Coignard; COVID-19 Study group; COVID-19 Study Group members Source: Euro Surveill, Volume 28, ...
BY-COVID Educational Toolkit
civil servants. Based on the scientific work in the project, an educational toolkit was created, that is understandable and usable for a wide audience. Case studies have been produced to illustrate issues relating ...
Evaluation of a point-of-care test for the diagnosis of Taenia solium neurocysticercosis in rural southern Tanzania: a diagnostic accuracy study.
study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a T solium cysticercosis antibody-detecting lateral-flow point-of-care assay (TS POC test) for the neuroimaging-based diagnosis of neurocysticercosis. METHODS: ...
Whole-Genome Sequencing-Based Screening of MRSA in Patients and Healthcare Workers in Public Hospitals in Benin.
genomic content and study their relatedness. Amongst the 305 isolates (304 wound swabs and 61 nasal swabs) that were collected from patients and HCW s, we detected 32 and 15 cases of MRSA, respectively. ...
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
respectively. In 38/40 WWTP s, variants did not explain variability in RNA levels independent of cases. Furthermore, our study shows that RNA levels can lead incident cases by at least one week in 15/40 WWTP s. ...
Data collection in pandemic times: the case of the Belgian COVID-19 health surveys
representativeness due to self-selection but were an important information source as there were few alternatives. Moreover, by following-up the same individuals over time it was possible to study the effect of the ...
Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020
objective of this study was to estimate the direct impact of COVID-19 in France in 2020, using DALY s to combine the population health impact of infection fatalities, acute symptomatic infections and their ...
Certainty of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 modelled prevalence estimates for musculoskeletal conditions: A meta-epidemiological study
prevalence Abstract: To describe and assess the risk of bias of the primary input studies that underpinned the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) 2019 modelled prevalence estimates of low back pain (LBP), ...