This article outlines the objectives of the national surveillance network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and related diseases: to detect all cases of human subacute transmissible...

Lead poisoning in children was rediscovered in France nearly 20 years ago, with lead-based paint—still present in older Parisian homes—identified as the source of the poisoning. In the...

Surveillance of listeriosis in France is conducted through mandatory reporting (DO) and data from the National Reference Center (CNR) for Listeria at the Pasteur Institute. The CNR...

Surveillance of listeriosis in France is carried out through mandatory reporting (DO) and the National Reference Center (CNR) for Listeria. Each reported case is interviewed using a...

The authors point out that even low levels of lead exposure can affect a child’s psychomotor development. Young children are particularly at risk because they ingest lead more frequently...

The incidence of AIDS declined significantly in France starting in 1996, and then at a slower rate thereafter, thanks to new treatment strategies. This decline was less pronounced among...

Although syphilis has been a reportable disease since the 1940s, it was rarely reported by physicians. An amendment to the Public Health Code lifted the requirement to report sexually...

The Rénarub network is the primary source of information on the epidemiological situation of rubella in France. It brings together clinical laboratories that perform rubella IgM testing....

The purpose of this article is to describe, based on the 2001 National Representative Sample of People with Diabetes (ENTRED), the health status and medical care of regional populations...