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Health Impact of the Cold, Snow, and Ice Storms of the 2010–2011 Winter in Four French Regions
Introduction. The winter of 2010–2011 was marked by significant snow and ice events, which could lead to an increase in injuries, and by a period of moderate cold, a factor that, along...
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Incomplete Hepatitis B Vaccination: Is Late Catch-Up Vaccination Beneficial?
Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of late catch-up vaccination in patients who had not completed their hepatitis B vaccination series. Method. All patients visiting an...
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Recent Epidemiology of Invasive Meningococcal Infections in France
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Surveillance of invasive meningococcal infections in France in 2000. Quantitative assessment using the three-source capture-recapture method
In France, surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is regularly evaluated, and the results are used to adjust the observed incidence rates. Three surveillance data sources...
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Mesothelioma, the 31st notifiable disease since January 2012
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Vaccination coverage among 6-year-old children in their final year of preschool, France, 2005–2006
Introduction. In 1999, a three-year cycle of school-based surveys was established to estimate indicators for monitoring children’s health, including vaccination coverage. Method. A...
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Outbreak of infections caused by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O104:H4 linked to the consumption of sprouted seeds. June 2011, Bègles, Gironde, France
On June 22, 2011, a hospital located near Bordeaux in the Gironde department reported eight cases of bloody diarrhea, including two cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in adults,...
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Aquitaine Respiratory Network (AquiRespi): Characteristics of Children Treated During the 2010–2011 Season. The 2010–2011 Bronchiolitis Epidemic: A Comparative Analysis of Data from the AquiRespi, OSCOUR®, and SOS Médecins Networks
Bronchiolitis is a seasonal, epidemic respiratory viral infection caused primarily by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which circulates in France mainly between October and...
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How can we assess the health impacts of urban air pollution?
Thanks to a large number of epidemiological studies conducted over the past few decades, the health effects of air pollution are now better understood. A causal link is now recognized...
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Modeling the trend in mortality from pleural mesothelioma in France. Projections through 2050
Introduction: Exposure to asbestos leads to the development of mesothelioma after a latency period of several decades. Several studies published about a dozen years ago predicted that...
