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Niel Hens

Professor of Biostatistics
Verified email at uhasselt.be
Cited by 17564

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic epidemiological models for dengue transmission: a systematic review of structural approaches

M Andraud, N Hens, C Marais, P Beutels - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Dengue is a vector-borne disease recognized as the major arbovirose with four immunologically
distant dengue serotypes coexisting in many endemic areas. Several mathematical …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of social contact surveys to inform transmission models of close-contact infections

…, CG Grijalva, JW Edmunds, P Beutels, N Hens - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Researchers increasingly use social contact data to inform models for infectious
disease spread with the aim of guiding effective policies about disease prevention and …

[HTML][HTML] Lessons from a decade of individual-based models for infectious disease transmission: a systematic review (2006-2015)

L Willem, F Verelst, J Bilcke, N Hens, P Beutels - BMC infectious diseases, 2017 - Springer
Background Individual-based models (IBMs) are useful to simulate events subject to
stochasticity and/or heterogeneity, and have become well established to model the potential (re)…

[HTML][HTML] Social contacts and mixing patterns relevant to the spread of infectious diseases

J Mossong, N Hens, M Jit, P Beutels, K Auranen… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases transmitted by the respiratory or
close-contact route (eg, pandemic influenza) is increasingly being used to determine the …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the generation interval for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on symptom onset data, March 2020

…, A Torneri, C Faes, J Wallinga, N Hens - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
… model to data from the largest cluster (n = 45). We only show results for the Tianjin dataset
because for the Singapore data, there were too few cases (n = 25) and the MCMC chain did …

[HTML][HTML] Differences in gut microbiota composition between obese and lean children: a cross-sectional study

…, I Kortleven, C Van Noten, N Hens… - Gut pathogens, 2013 - Springer
Background An altered gut microbiota composition has recently been linked to obesity. The
principal aim of this study is to investigate and compare the gut microbiota composition in …

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient quinolone use in Europe (1997–2009)

…, V Vankerckhoven, M Aerts, N Hens… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Data on more than a decade of outpatient quinolone use were collected from
33 European countries within the European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC…

Early waning of maternal measles antibodies in era of measles elimination: longitudinal study

E Leuridan, N Hens, V Hutse, M Ieven, M Aerts… - Bmj, 2010 - bmj.com
RESEARCH Page 1 RESEARCH Early waning of maternal measles antibodies in era of
measles elimination: longitudinal study E Leuridan, pre-doctoral fellow,1 N Hens, professor in …

[HTML][HTML] Time between symptom onset, hospitalisation and recovery or death: statistical analysis of Belgian COVID-19 patients

…, G Meyfroidt, E Vlieghe, N Hens… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… w i ≡ w t defined as w t = N t n t ∑ t n t , where t is the day of hospitalization for patient i, N
t the number of hospitalizations in the population on day t and n t is the number of reported …

Mental fatigue impairs soccer-specific decision-making skill

MR Smith, L Zeuwts, M Lenoir, N Hens… - Journal of sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to investigate the impact of mental fatigue on soccer-specific decision-making.
Twelve well-trained male soccer players performed a soccer-specific decision-making …