Background Primary-care physicians continue to overprescribe antibiotics for acute
rhinosinusitis because distinction between viral and bacterial sinus infection is difficult. We …

… Opstelten W, Mauritz JW, de Wit NJ, van Wijck AJM, Stalman WAB and van Essen GA.
Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia: incidence and risk indicators using a general practice …

… ; GA van Essen recruited family doctors; RJ Stolker recruited anaesthetists; and CJ
Kalkman and TJM Verheij co-ordinated the trial. All authors met regularly as a steering group. …

Background. Few studies have prospectively assessed viral etiologies of acute respiratory
infections in community-based elderly individuals. We assessed viral respiratory pathogens in …

BACKGROUND:: It is unknown whether further expansion of the Dutch childhood vaccination
program with other vaccines will be accepted and whom should be targeted in educational …

Influenza vaccination is becoming an increasingly important aspect of public health programs
in developed and rapidly developing countries. In 2000, most of these countries had …

Background Influenza vaccination has consistently been shown to prevent all-cause death
and hospitalizations during influenza epidemics among seniors. However, such benefits have …

Background We aimed to compare AS03-adjuvanted inactivated trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV)
with non-adjuvanted TIV for seasonal influenza prevention in elderly people. Methods …

PURPOSE: Several studies reported a difference in herpes zoster (HZ) incidence between
males and females, but limitations in design and analysis impeded the assessment of gender …

… Van Damme is a member of the Belgian NITAG and primary investigator of a number of …
obtains grants from vaccine manufacturers; Dr van Essen received speaking fees and was paid …