Following a report of lead exposure among children attending a school in Seine-Saint-Denis, France, a screening program for childhood lead poisoning was organized in May 2015. The...

Introduction: The overall incidence of malaria is declining in French Guiana, although gold miners working at illegal sites appear to be particularly affected by the disease. The...

Leptospirosis is one of the so-called neglected diseases of the Global South, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its actual incidence and case fatality rate are uncertain,...

Leptospirosis is a cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The hot and humid climate of the intertropical zone is particularly conducive to its spread. In...

Eastern European countries are particularly affected by the hepatitis C epidemic, due to a highly repressive legal framework governing drug use. Since the mid-2000s, France has seen a...

Introduction: Since February 2016, various European countries have reported the circulation of several specific strains of the hepatitis A virus (HAV) of genotype IA, primarily affecting...

In October 2015, in accordance with the recommendations of the assessment mission on the healthcare system for migrants living in the Calais camp, an epidemiological surveillance system...

Introduction: Routine data on vaccination coverage (VC) among adolescents are scarce at the subnational level in France. However, it is important for regional health agencies to have...

Introduction: In late December 2013, a biologist alerted the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Health Agency (ARS) to the diagnosis of four cases of hepatitis A within five days. After...

Objective: To describe the use of psychoactive substances during sexual intercourse and associated risk factors. Materials and methods: In 2015, an anonymous self-administered...