At the request of the Directorate General for Health, the French National Authority for Health (HAS) has developed a recommendation for the screening of hepatitis B and C. Detection of...

The carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning surveillance system tracks the spatial and temporal patterns of reports during the heating season (September 1–March 31). In 2009–2010 and 2010–2011,...

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 Elfe...

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 describe...

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. Methods...

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

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 steady...