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EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders, 2024
according to a coherent framework. To tackle this objective, the disease burden attributable to environmental stressors is estimated using comparative risk assessment (CRA). As this method determines the ...
Respi Radar, a tool to monitor respiratory infections
levels) is currently ongoing in order to determine the best approach for the assessment and management of the epidemiological situation during the next respiratory season. Health Topics: Health and ...
Impact of extreme weather events on the occurrence of infectious diseases in Belgium from 2011 to 2021.
infectious events was determined by comparing the mean weekly incidence of the considered infectious diseases after each weather event that occurred after a given number of weeks. Very low temperatures were ...
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Belgium
vaccination health determinants Abstract: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the links between socio-economic disparities and health inequalities, notably with respect to vaccination. In this ...
Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and associated factors in the adult population of Belgium: a general population cohort study between March 2021 and April 2022
two measurements. Trends in SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence were assessed using binary logistic regression with contrasts applying post-stratification. Potential determinants of seropositivity were ...
Clinical performance of the novel full-genotyping OncoPredict HPV Quantitative Typing assay using the VALGENT framework.
multiplex real-time PCR quantitative assay targeting E6 / E7 genes, allowing individual viral load determination of 12 high-risk (HR) HPV types. Quality controls for sample adequacy, efficiency of nucleic ...
Epidemiology and molecular typing of multidrug-resistant bacteria in tertiary hospitals and nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium
swabs were cultured for detection of MDRO. Determination of clonal relatedness based on wgMLST allelic profiles was performed. The prevalence of MDRO in Belgian hospitals and NH s is on the rise, compared ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
Main messages- Efforts to monitor the evolution of overweight and its determinants among (deprived) children- Health-promoting schools are a nice initiative to reduce overweight among (deprived) children ...
Association between SARS-CoV-2 variants and post COVID-19 condition: findings from a longitudinal cohort study in the Belgian adult population
BACKGROUND: While many studies on the determinants of post- COVID-19 conditions (PCC) have been conducted, little is known about the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 variants and PCC. This study aimed to assess ...
The Belgian physiotherapy reimbursement criteria for fall prevention fails in screening appropriately fall-prone community-dwelling older adults
appropriate to reflect on the current screening approach for preventive initiatives. The objective of this study was to determine whether the multifactorial algorithm proposed by Lusardi et al. (2017) exhibits ...