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AIDS, HIV, and STIs: A Review of the Data in 2002. Program and Presentations from the Public Information Day on AIDS, HIV, and STIs, November 20, 2002
Across the 51 countries of the WHO European Region, the rate of new HIV diagnoses remains stable in Western Europe (54.9 cases per million population in 2001) and Central Europe (7 to...
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HIV-HCV Coinfection in Hospitals. National Survey, June 2001
Combination therapies delay progression to AIDS, and patients coinfected with HIV and HCV now develop serious HCV-related complications. For the first time, a study provides a national...
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Tuberculosis in France in the Year 2000. Proceedings of the symposium organized by the Association for the Development of Epidemiology in Aquitaine (ADEA) and the Institute of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Development (ISPED), November 17, 2000
While in 2001, one-third of the world’s population was still infected with the tuberculosis bacillus, 95% of cases occurred in the poorest countries on the planet. Yet, since the...
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The Use of the Smallpox Virus as a Biological Weapon: Estimating the Epidemiological Impact and the Role of Vaccination
The World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated worldwide in 1980, and no new cases have been reported since then. All countries worldwide discontinued smallpox vaccination...
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Salmonella outbreak caused by Salmonella serotype infantis. Île-de-France, September–November 2001
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Breast Cancer Screening. Evaluation of Epidemiological Follow-Up. Status as of December 31, 2000
National-level evaluation data make it possible to analyze the performance of each department and the program. The indicators are calculated and analyzed by the InVS. They are...
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Assessment of the Health Impacts of the Chernobyl Accident in France: Epidemiological Surveillance System, Current State of Knowledge, Risk Assessment, and Outlook
This joint report by the IPSN and the InVS addresses the following topics in turn: an overview of the current state of knowledge regarding both the health consequences of the Chernobyl...
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Measures to Prevent and Monitor Eye Complications Related to Viewing the Total Solar Eclipse of August 11, 1999, in France
On August 11, 1999, a total solar eclipse crossed northern France along a 100-kilometer-wide path. The eclipse was partial across the rest of the country. Since observing a solar...
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2001 National Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-Associated Infections. May–June 2001. National Protocol
The challenge posed by healthcare-associated infections is now widely recognized as a public health issue in our country, where the fight against these infections acquired in hospitals...
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Epidemiological mission on the health impacts of Hurricane Mitch in Central America. November 5–December 12, 1998
On October 26, 1998, Hurricane Mitch claimed several thousand lives and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in Central America. Numerous agricultural resources and...
