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Sociodemographic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Belgium: a nationwide record linkage study
a first COVID-19 vaccine dose. A lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake was found among young individuals, men, migrants, single parents, one-person households and disadvantaged socioeconomic groups (with lower ...
Personal characteristics and transmission dynamics associated with SARS-CoV-2 semi-quantitative PCR test results: an observational study from Belgium, 2021-2022.
PCR test (SQ- PCR) results, used as a proxy for viral load, were routinely collected after performing RT-qPCR tests. METHODS: We investigated both the personal characteristics associated with SQ- PCR ...
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination in Belgium
indicators. Indeed, it was seen at the individual level that persons with lower household incomes, a migration background, and/or belonging to a household with only one adult were less likely to be vaccinated, ...
The direct disease burden of COVID-19 in Belgium in 2020 and 2021
Burden of Disease Network consensus disease model for COVID-19 to estimate DALY s related to COVID-19. Estimates of person-years for (a) acute non-fatal disease states were calculated from a compartmental ...
Exploratory study of risk factors related to SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in nursing homes in Flanders (Belgium) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
linear models and Bayesian linear regression. The present analyses showed that the prevalence of residents with dementia, the scarcity of personal protective equipment (surgical masks, FFP2 masks, glasses ...
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Belgian nursing homes: results of a surveillance conducted between April and December 2020
first wave. The virus was probably often introduced by staff. Once the virus was introduced, it was difficult to prevent healthcare-associated outbreaks. Although, in contrast to the first wave, personal ...
The association between area deprivation and COVID-19 incidence: a municipality-level spatio-temporal study in Belgium, 2020–2021
each Belgian municipality using data of three socio-economic variables: the share of unemployed persons in the active population, the share of households without a car and the share of low-educated ...
Excess mortality during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 epidemic in Belgium
distancing, etc.) and non-pharmaceutical interventions (e.g., hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, etc.), it is possible that the excess mortality during this period would have been greater. Mortality ...