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Study of Vaccination Coverage During the Preventive Vaccination Campaign Against Meningococcal Type C. Puy-de-Dôme, 2002
On January 11, 2002, the Minister of Health decided to launch a meningococcal C vaccination campaign in the Puy-de-Dôme department, due to the increased incidence of this infection in...
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Measuring Vaccination Coverage in France: An Overview of Tools and Methods in the Year 2000
Monitoring vaccination coverage is a key component of evaluating a vaccination program. At the initiative of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, a steering committee met...
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Tuberculosis Infection and Disease Among Children in the Ile-de-France Region in 1997
Tuberculosis in children provides essential epidemiological information because it always indicates recent transmission. It is therefore important to have effective epidemiological...
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Evaluation of meningococcal infection surveillance in France in 1996 using the capture-recapture method
Introduction: In France, surveillance of meningococcal infections (MI) is based on mandatory case reporting. In 1989–1990, the completeness of mandatory reporting was estimated at 51%...
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Epidemiological Impact of a Change in BCG Vaccination Policy in France: A Literature Review and Analysis of Available Data
The resumption since 1993 of the downward trend in tuberculosis incidence in France calls for a reassessment of the relevance of the BCG vaccination policy. Indeed, the available...
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Health Effects of the Explosion at the Grande Paroisse Plant on September 21, 2001. Interim Report
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Quantitative assessment of health risks associated with the application of pesticides used to control the European corn borer. Feasibility study. Adour Valley. Gers and Hautes-Pyrénées departments
In October 2002, the Midi-Pyrénées Regional Health Agency was contacted by two local health departments following public concerns regarding the aerial application of pesticides on sweet...
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Health Effects of the Explosion at the AZF Plant on September 21, 2001. Final Report on the Health Effects Among Children in Toulouse
The consequences of the explosion at the AZF factory on September 21, 2001, in Toulouse were severe, both in terms of human casualties (30 deaths, including a high school student, and...
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Epidemiological study on morbidity among residents living near the Ste Marie-Kerque municipal landfill. Population survey conducted in December 1997
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Outbreak of Shigella sonnei shigellosis at the Specialized Medical-Educational Institute in Proisy (Aisne)
Shigella sonnei (S. sonnei) are Enterobacteria with a strictly human reservoir; they are extremely contagious, and the primary mode of transmission is person-to-person. Bloody diarrhea...
