Introduction: Chikungunya infection is an arbovirus disease generally considered mild, characterized by fever accompanied by joint pain. It first appeared in Réunion in March 2005 and...

Since November 11, 2003, a major outbreak of Legionnaires' disease had been raging in the Lens region. As of December 31, 2003, there were 52 cases in the region, including 6 deaths....

In August 2007, three cases of Legionnaires’ disease, involving residents of three neighboring municipalities, were reported to the Pas-de-Calais Departmental Directorate of Health and...

Since April 2005, the department of Réunion has been facing a Chikungunya epidemic. The persistence of active outbreaks despite the end of the 2005 southern winter indicates that the...

Indigenous malaria has long been prevalent in Corsica, but no cases have been reported since 1973. In 1996, the Institute for Research and Development highlighted the persistence of a...

About twenty years ago, a dengue surveillance system was established in Guadeloupe and its outlying territories to detect the onset of epidemics, guide vector control efforts through the...

Rotavirus infections are the leading cause of severe acute diarrhea in children. Two new rotavirus vaccines received marketing authorization in Europe in 2006. The objective of this...

The first vaccine effective in preventing infections caused by the main human papillomaviruses responsible for cervical cancer (HPV 16 and 18) received marketing authorization in 2006....

This chapter examines how well-informed people in the overseas departments and regions (DROM) are about viral hepatitis B and C, as well as their use of screening tests for these...