Introduction: Between February and March 2016, four cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by serogroup B (IMMD) occurred in a limited area of the Beaujolais region (Rhône)....

Introduction: The outbreak of invasive meningococcal B infections in a limited area of the Rhône department led the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Health Agency (ARS) to organize, from...

During the vaccination campaign against invasive meningococcal B infections held in the Beaujolais region in 2016, the Regional Health Agency commissioned a psychosocial study to better...

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...

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...

This article presents the epidemiological investigation conducted within two days of a mass food poisoning incident that occurred following a meal organized by a local soccer club. A...

This article presents an investigation conducted to describe the extent and characteristics of clusters of "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" (MRSA) cases in the Côtes-d'Armor...

During the summer of 2003, France experienced an unprecedented heat wave. This heat wave had a greater impact in large urban areas due to the urban heat island effect. Meteorological...

During a screening campaign in a community in March 2002—where a case of tuberculosis had previously been diagnosed each year—13 cases of tuberculosis were identified, two of which were...

In August 2009, a nursing home for the elderly (Ehpad) in the Vaucluse department reported seven suspected cases of influenza. Since the nasal swabs taken to test for the new A(H1N1)2009...