Objectives The objectives of this study are to describe the characteristics and recent trends in hospital care for transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and strokes based on data from...

Many factors—including environmental pollutants, nutritional factors, and infectious agents—begin to influence children’s health as early as the prenatal and perinatal periods. The...

Background - Following a resurgence of syphilis in France in 2000, a surveillance system was established. Data collected over a 10-year period allow for the description of trends and...

Introduction - Analysis of surveillance data allows us to describe the epidemiology of gonococcal infections in France in terms of trends over time between 1996 and 2009, and to...

France is classified as a country with low endemicity for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, with an estimated HBsAg prevalence of 0.65% and an incidence of symptomatic acute hepatitis...

Introduction - Surveillance of rectal lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) provides an overview of trends in case numbers from its emergence in 2003 through the end of 2009 in France....

Background - Understanding the distribution of human papillomaviruses (HPV) detected in the cervix is crucial for assessing any changes in viral ecology associated with the...

Surveillance of trends in Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) infections in France is conducted by a network of volunteer laboratories known as Rénachla. Since early 2000, there has been a...

Since 2005, there has been a steady decline in the incidence rate of Legionnaires' disease in France. In 2010, with 1,540 cases, there was a 28% increase in the number of cases...