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Chagas disease (or American trypanosomiasis) in France
Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitted through the feces of blood-feeding bugs (triatomes) of the Reduviidae family, which are deposited on the...
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Prevalence of breastfeeding in maternity wards by parental characteristics and delivery conditions. Results from the Elfe Maternity Survey, mainland France, 2011
Objectives: Using data from the ELFE study (French Longitudinal Study from Early Childhood), this article presents the prevalence of breastfeeding in the maternity ward according to...
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Duration of breastfeeding in France (Épifane 2012–2013)
Objectives: Using data from the Épifane study on infant feeding during the first year of life, the duration of breastfeeding, the degree of exclusivity, and breastfeeding rates at 3, 6,...
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Anorexia: A deep-seated fear of being dependent on others that leads the individual to physically withdraw. [Interview].
Anorexia is a disorder of attachment stemming from a panic-stricken fear of dependence on others, which leads the individual to physically wither away, explains Professor Maurice Corcos,...
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Duration of breastfeeding in France by parental and birth characteristics. Results from the French longitudinal study Elfe, 2011
Objectives: Using data from the ELFE study (French Longitudinal Study from Early Childhood), the primary objective of this study was to describe, using a large representative sample of...
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Accidents Involving Ninth-Grade Students: Trends from 2004 to 2009
Objectives: To describe accidents among eighth-grade students and their trends between 2004 and 2009. Subjects, materials, and methods: The same survey was conducted in schools among...
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Epidemiology of Lyme borreliosis using two surveillance systems: the national Sentinelles GP network and the national hospital discharge database, France, 2005–2016
Background: Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most common vector-borne disease in France. Since 2009, surveillance of LB has been conducted by a sentinel network of general practitioners...
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Unraveling the seasonal epidemiology of pneumococcus
Infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae—including invasive pneumococcal diseases (IPDs)—remain a significant public health concern worldwide. The marked winter seasonality of IPDs...
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What Can We Learn from Past Pandemics? Special Issue. Chronicle of the Early Stages of a Pandemic