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Monitoring of biological risks associated with the consumption of shellfish in France.
Shellfish filter large volumes of water to meet their nutritional needs, thereby ingesting phytoplankton, but they also concentrate microorganisms naturally present in the water (vibrio...
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Surveillance of human listeriosis in France, 1999–2011.
Human listeriosis is a bacterial disease transmitted through the consumption of contaminated food. It is a notifiable disease. A standardized dietary questionnaire is completed by the...
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Monitoring of Listeria monocytogenes in food.
Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous bacterium widely found in the environment; it is transmitted to humans through the ingestion of contaminated food and causes rare but serious cases...
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Outbreaks of Bacillus cereus foodborne illness: a review of strain characterization from 2006 to 2010.
In response to the growing number of foodborne illness outbreaks associated with Bacillus cereus, a phenotypic and genotypic characterization of isolates from suspected food sources was...
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Exposure to artificial ultraviolet radiation in France.
Exposure to artificial ultraviolet (UV) radiation has increased in recent years in Europe. However, in France, there is little information available on the population’s exposure. This...
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Box. Accidents in daily life related to exposure to artificial UV radiation, according to the Continuous Survey on Accidents in Daily Life (Epac), 2004–2010.
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Box. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, whether from the sun or artificial sources, causes frequent and often serious health effects.
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Report on hospital-acquired infections caused by imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, France, August 2001–May 2011
Acinetobacter baumannii (AB), an opportunistic pathogen, can cause severe infections, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Naturally resistant to many antibiotics, AB is capable...
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Monitoring the Management of Chronic Hepatitis C: Analysis of National Data from the Program for the Medicalization of Information Systems (PMSI)
Objective. The objectives of this article are: (1) to present and discuss data from the Medical Information Systems Program (PMSI) regarding chronic hepatitis C (CHC), and (2) to assess...
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Treatment outcomes for tuberculosis cases reported in France in 2008
Early detection followed by the management of tuberculosis cases through appropriate and complete antituberculosis treatment are the main tools in the fight against tuberculosis. The...
