Objectives - To evaluate the biological confirmation method for measles using saliva samples and to describe the genotypes that circulated in France between 2003 and 2008. Materials and...

Background - Measles remains present in Europe despite the introduction of the measles vaccine into childhood immunization programs more than 20 years ago. The objective here is to...

The promotion of measles vaccination for infants, introduced in 1983, was accompanied by a sharp decline in the incidence of measles, which has been monitored by the Sentinelles network...

In response to the resurgence of measles cases that began in the spring of 2008 and continued into 2009, a retrospective questionnaire-based survey was conducted among all Departmental...

Objective - To characterize cases of hepatitis E in France from 2006 to 2008 by comparing clinical and epidemiological data with those from 2002 to 2004. Method - Based on cases of...

In recent years, surveillance of Legionnaires' disease has improved significantly in France, and recent data have shown a decline in incidence. In 2008, 1,244 cases were reported in...

In France, a national prevalence survey (ENP) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has been conducted every five years since 1996. It is organized by the Network for Alert,...

Objectives—To establish French reference values for quality of life (QoL) among people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who are receiving treatment, and to compare these QoL levels by...

Introduction - This article reviews the seasonal influenza surveillance conducted by the Military Influenza Surveillance System (Smog), which was integrated into the Regional Influenza...