Introduction: High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and a key public health concern. In Quebec, several data sources are available to assess its...

Medical-administrative databases (BMA) are one of the tools used for the epidemiological surveillance of chronic respiratory diseases in France. Data on hospital morbidity are provided...

In Quebec, the surveillance of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a public health priority. Based on a conceptual framework, the "respiratory diseases" component...

Salmonella transmission via reptiles has been reported in many countries, most commonly among children. To describe cases of reptile-transmitted Salmonella infections in young children...

Contact with animals, particularly reptiles, is a known source of Salmonella transmission. Cases of Salmonella infections transmitted by pet reptiles have been reported in the literature...

Introduction: The National Surveillance Network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (RNS-CJD) is a national, multidisciplinary organization. Its objective is to detect all cases of human...

Introduction: Over the past ten years, the annual incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has ranged from 0.90 to 1.60 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Neisseria...

The health effects of secondhand smoke have recently been called into question. However, there is a substantial body of evidence supporting the existence of these effects. The main...

The cardiovascular benefits of smoking cessation depend directly on the prevalence of smoking, its impact on cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, and the extent to which this risk...