Cavillot, Lisa
Moerkerke, Beatrijs
Devleesschauwer, Brecht
Ghattas, Jinane
van Loenhout, Joris A. F.
Van den Borre, Laura
Speybroeck, Niko
Loeys, Tom
De Pauw, Robby
Funding for this research was provided by:
Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (B2/202/P3/HELICON)
Article History
Received: 20 August 2024
Accepted: 12 February 2026
First Online: 19 February 2026
Declarations
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: The protocol of the LINK-VACC project was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee from the Vrije Universiteit of Brussels on 3 February 2021 (B.U.N 1432020000371) and obtained authorization from the Information Security Committee (ISC) Social Security and Health (reference number: IVC/KSZG/21/034). As confirmed by Sects. 23 and 24 of the Guidelines 03/2020 on the processing of data concerning health for the purpose of scientific research in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak of the European Data Protection Board (V1.0 of 21 April 2020), this survey falls under Article 6 § 1(e) and Article 9 § 2(i) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In appliance with these GDPR legal grounds of data processing, no informed consent had to be signed by the patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.