Objectives. To analyze the association between sociodemographic characteristics and participation in colorectal cancer screening using the fecal occult blood test (FOBT). Method. A...

Introduction. There is little data on vaccination coverage among adults. The most recent national data on diphtheria/tetanus/polio vaccination date back to 1990. We present an analysis...

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...

Every year, a winter outbreak of acute viral gastroenteritis (AVG) occurs in France, resulting in 1 to 1.5 million visits to primary care physicians. Clusters of cases occur in group...

For more than 20 years, the annual incidence rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has ranged from 1 to 2 cases per 105 inhabitants. It increased between 1996 and 2003...

Introduction. Since March 2003, surveillance of acute hepatitis B virus infections has been based on mandatory case reporting. Here we present the results of this surveillance from...

In France, between 2003 and 2006, 56 botulism outbreaks involving 96 patients were reported. Type B botulism was the most common (79% of the 68 confirmed cases). The source of the...

Following the reemergence of West Nile virus (WNV) in the Camargue in September 2000, a multi-species surveillance program was implemented in 2001 across the three departments of the...

Introduction. In France, surveillance of hepatitis C screening activities has been conducted since 2000 by a network of volunteer laboratories (Rena-VHC). To assess the...

Dengue and chikungunya are two arboviruses that circulated extensively in 2006 in the French overseas departments, with dengue affecting the Caribbean region and chikungunya the Indian...