Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of late catch-up vaccination in patients who had not completed their hepatitis B vaccination series. Method. All patients visiting an...

Introduction. In 1999, a three-year cycle of school-based surveys was established to estimate indicators for monitoring children’s health, including vaccination coverage. Method. A...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remain a major public health issue in France. Long-term surveillance is conducted through voluntary networks of clinicians (RésIST) and...

In France, nearly 23,000 cases of measles and 10 deaths were reported between January 2008 and August 2012. Authorities recommend the administration of polyvalent human immunoglobulin...

Introduction: Underreporting of work-related conditions—defined as conditions that do not enter the workers’ compensation system even though they meet the criteria—has been quantified...

Vaccination Week (SEV) has been an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2005. It is a key event for raising awareness and mobilizing the public and healthcare...

In 2009, a sentinel surveillance system for Lyme disease (LD) was established in primary care in mainland France. Over the 2009–2016 period, 819 cases were reported by participating...

Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne disease in France. Since 2009, surveillance of the disease in mainland France has been conducted by the Sentinelles network, a network...

The diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis is based on a combination of clinical, epidemiological, and biological evidence. From a biological standpoint, serology is the primary diagnostic...

Introduction: The departments of Alsace constitute a high-incidence area for Lyme borreliosis (LB) in mainland France. The objectives of the study were to identify and describe cases...