Volunteers and professionals who participated in cleanup operations at sites contaminated by the oil spill and in the treatment of affected birds were exposed to various chemicals...

In March 1999, the InVS published the initial results of the Air & Health Surveillance Program – 9 Cities (PSAS-9). This first phase demonstrated the feasibility of bringing together...

The surveillance data on AIDS cases presented in this article were compiled for cases diagnosed through June 30, 2001, based on notification forms received by the French Institute for...

Surveillance networks for nosocomial bacteremia have been gradually established by the C. CLINs since 1994 (C. CLIN Sud-Est, C. CLIN Paris-Nord) to facilitate hospitals’ surveillance...

A second-generation software program called "TB INFO" was developed as a follow-up to the first computerized patient monitoring system for patients undergoing tuberculosis treatment,...

Since 1987, Legionnaires' disease surveillance in France has been based on a mandatory reporting system and was strengthened in 1997 by the interactive system for reporting cases of...

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is defined by the triad of sudden onset of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. In France, a study—which...

Surveillance of listeriosis in France is carried out through mandatory reporting (DO) and the National Reference Center for Listeria (CNR) at the Listeria Laboratory of the Pasteur...

The AIDS case surveillance data presented in this BEH were compiled for cases diagnosed through December 31, 2000, based on case reports received by the InVS through March 31, 2001. As...