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The seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus infection in Belgium anno 2002 and 2006: a comparative analysis with hepatitis A virus seroprevalence Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Gent Universiteit Hasselt Universiteit Antwerpen
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is endemic worldwide but its seroprevalence varies widely. The goal of this study was to estimate the age-specific seroprevalence of CMV infection in Belgium based on two cross-sectional serological datasets from 2002 and 2006. The seroprevalence was estimated relying on diagnostic test results based on cut-off values pre-specified by the manufacturers of the tests as well as relying on mixture models applied ...
High HIV-1 incidence in young women masked by stable overall seroprevalence among childbearing women in Kinshasa, Zaire: estimating incidence from serial seroprevalence data Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
OBJECTIVE: To describe the dynamics of the HIV-1 epidemic in childbearing women in Kinshasa, Zaire, by estimating incidence from serial seroprevalence studies. METHODS: In 1986 and 1989, 5937 and 4623 pregnant women, respectively, were screened for HIV-1 in Kinshasa. We estimated age-specific incidence from two seroprevalence surveys by using a birth-year cohort analysis and adjusting for differences in mortality and fertility between ...
A systematic review of varicella seroprevalence in European countries before universal childhood immunization: deriving incidence from seroprevalence data Universiteit Hasselt Universiteit Antwerpen
Surveillance systems for varicella in Europe are highly heterogeneous or completely absent. We estimated the varicella incidence based on seroprevalence data, as these data are largely available and not biased by under-reporting or underascertainment. We conducted a systematic literature search for varicella serological data in Europe prior to introduction of universal varicella immunization. Age-specific serological data were pooled by country ...
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among nursing home residents and staff in Belgium : results visit 2 : april 2021 Universiteit Gent
Protocol and report of second testing round SCOPE study (Sars-COv-2 seroPrEvalence). Version 1.3, dd. 27/08/2021
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among nursing home residents and staff in Belgium : results visit 1 : februari 2021 Universiteit Gent
Protocol and report of first testing round SCOPE study (Sars-COv-2 seroPrEvalence). Version 1.5, dd. 15/06/2021
Sero-prevalence and risk factors study of brucellosis in small ruminants in Southern Zone of Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia Universiteit Gent
Hepatitis E seroprevalence in East and West Flanders, Belgium Universiteit Gent
Age-dependent seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in school-aged children from areas with low and high community transmission Universiteit Hasselt Universiteit Antwerpen KU Leuven
It is not yet clear to what extent SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in children reflect community transmission, nor whether infection rates differ between primary schoolchildren and young teenagers. A cross-sectional serosurvey compared the SARS-CoV2 attack-rate in a sample of 362 children recruited from September 21 to October 6, 2020, in primary (ages 6-12) or lower secondary school (ages 12-15) in a municipality with low community transmission ...
Seroprevalence of major bovine-associated zoonotic infectious diseases in the Lao People's Democratic Republic Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Bovine-associated zoonotic infectious diseases pose a significant threat to human health in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). In all, 905 cattle and buffalo serum samples collected in northern Lao PDR in 2006 were used to determine seroprevalence of five major bovine zoonotic infectious diseases that included Taenia saginata cysticercosis, bovine tuberculosis, Q-fever, bovine brucellosis, and bovine leptospirosis. Five ...