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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in French healthcare facilities. 2012 data
Controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in healthcare facilities is a priority of the national program to combat healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Since...
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Are there social inequalities in children’s access to vaccination in France? Examples of vaccination against pneumococcal infections and BCG vaccination
Introduction and Objectives: In France, social inequalities in childhood vaccination have rarely been studied. We conducted a survey to determine whether there were specific...
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Tuberculosis cases reported in France in 2012
The data presented in this article pertain to cases of active tuberculosis reported in France during 2012. The number of reported cases of active tuberculosis was 4,975 in 2012 in...
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Trends in the prevalence of childhood asthma in France: National School Health Surveys, 2003–2008
Background: Data on trends in the prevalence of childhood asthma in France are scarce. Methods: National school-based health surveys are conducted on randomly selected samples of...
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Deaths from heart failure in France: trends from 2000 to 2010
Introduction: Heart failure is a condition that accounts for numerous hospitalizations in Western countries and has a very high mortality rate. The objective of this study was to...
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The high number of imported chikungunya cases in mainland France poses a challenge for surveillance and response efforts
During the summer of 2014, all the conditions were in place for local transmission of the chikungunya virus in certain departments in southern France: a competent vector, Aedes...
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Epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal infections in adults: Pilot phase of the SIIP network
Introduction and Objectives: In light of the expanded marketing authorization for the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13): 1) To study the incidence and trends of invasive...
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Human Brucellosis in France from 2004 to 2013
Introduction and Objectives: Brucellosis has been a notifiable disease since 1952. The objective is to monitor trends in the disease and to detect clusters of cases and unusual events....
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Criteria for issuing alerts and initiating vaccination with the Bexsero® vaccine in the event of clusters of invasive meningococcal B infection
Introduction and Objectives: The Bexsero® vaccine received European marketing authorization in early 2013 for the prevention of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) type B. The High...
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Outbreak of invasive meningococcal B:14:P1.7, 16 infections in Aquitaine, 2012–2013
Introduction and Objectives: Among invasive meningococcal infections (IMI), serogroup B is the predominant cause in France, and certain clones can lead to prolonged outbreaks. An...
