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Use of health information systems for assessment and decision support following the explosion at the AZF factory in Toulouse on September 21, 2001.
Following the explosion at the AZF factory in Toulouse on September 21, 2001 (30 deaths, nearly 30,000 buildings destroyed or severely damaged), an assessment was conducted to formulate...
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Cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases, Montpellier, France, 2003.
Between July 31 and August 5, 2003, 12 cases of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) were reported to the Hérault Departmental Directorate of Health...
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Community-acquired Legionnaires' disease outbreak, Pas-de-Calais, France, November 2003–January 2004.
This article describes the epidemiological investigation conducted following the reporting of two cases of Legionnaires' disease among residents of Harnes. The discovery of significant...
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Legionellosis: From Philadelphia to Pas-de-Calais! Editorial.
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Study of Mercury Exposure Among the Population of Sinnamary, French Guiana, November 2001
This article presents a study conducted in French Guiana to assess mercury exposure among the population of Sinnamary living downstream of a dam and its potential health impacts. The...
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Regional inter-hospital spread of a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strain producing the extended-spectrum beta-lactamase VEB-1, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, April 2003 to February 2004.
Numerous outbreaks of Acinetobacter baumannii (Ab) have been reported, most commonly in intensive care units, surgical wards, or among burn patients. Ab is a Gram-negative coccobacillus...
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Cluster of typhoid fever cases linked to a restaurant in Paris, 2003
In France, as in other industrialized countries, the annual incidence of typhoid fever has become very low (0.15 per 100,000 in metropolitan France); on average, 80 cases of typhoid...
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Investigation of measles cases in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region during the first half of 2003
In late May 2002, the Virology Laboratory at the Timone University Hospital (CHU) in Marseille notified the InVS of five confirmed cases of measles among young adults residing in...
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Are there any differences in the prevalence and management of hypertension in the French West Indies and French Guiana compared to metropolitan France?
Objective - To assess differences in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension between the French West Indies and French Guiana and mainland France. Methods -...
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Acceptance of rapid HIV testing in a hospital emergency department in the Île-de-France region, January–April 2008.
Introduction - This study aims to assess the acceptability among adult patients in hospital emergency departments of a routine offer of HIV screening using rapid tests. Materials and...
