Object Biographies and Museums: 100 X Congo in Antwerp, Exhibition at the Museum aan de Stroom, Antwerp, Belgium, 3 October 2020 - 12 September 2021

HIV diagnosis delay in Antwerp, Belgium.

SIR Early diagnosis of HIV infection has many advantages; it allows timely prophylaxis against opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis carinii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis and early recognition and treatment of HIV related complications. Moreover, counselling of people with HIV infection may reduce the further spread of the epidemic. Early diagnosis of HIV infection also has certain dis...

Housing and segregation of migrants: Case study: Antwerp, Belgium

Validating the Rio-ifdm-street Canyon Coupling over Antwerp, Belgium

Further integration of different spatial scales in concentration modeling is important for assessing the European limit values for NO2. The local NO2-concentrations are influenced by the regional background, the local emissions and the street canyon effects. Therefore, it is important to combine all these contributions in the model chain that one wants to use for such an assessment. In this pap...

Progress and prioritizing needs for future research on testate amoebae: a meeting report on the International Symposium on Testate Amoebae, Antwerp, Belgium, September 12-14, 2006.

An international group of 44 scientists from 16 countries assembled at the University of Antwerpen to share experiences and assess current research progress concerning testate amoebae. It had been 23 years since the last testate amoebae workshop was held in Aachen, Germany and 30 years since the first testate amoebae workshop before it was organized in 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Interest in testa...

Toxocariasis Diagnosed in International Travelers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, from 2000 to 2013

Although infection with Toxocara canis or T. catis (commonly referred as toxocariasis) appears to be highly prevalent in (sub)tropical countries, information on its frequency and presentation in returning travelers and migrants is scarce. In this study, we reviewed all cases of asymptomatic and symptomatic toxocariasis diagnosed during post-travel consultations at the reference travel clinic of...