The Directorate General for Health commissioned the National Public Health Network (RNSP) and the International Center for Children (CIE)—which houses the National Reference Center for...

Between January 31 and June 30, 1994, 19 migrant worker housing complexes received mobile tuberculosis screening services. This initiative, carried out by a team from the Paris City...

Doctors in Millau, having noted an unusually high number of mumps cases since January 1995 and surprised by the significant proportion of cases among vaccinated individuals, alerted the...

To determine the percentage of 6-year-olds vaccinated against rubella in France, a survey was conducted among 10,321 students born in 1979 by school health personnel. The survey...

Since November 1984, the computer-based surveillance and information network for communicable diseases established by the DGS and INSERM has been monitoring measles, among other...

The number of tetanus cases remains high in France, with 124 cases in 1985 compared to 115 in 1984. Of these 124 cases, 66 (53%) were investigated. Women are most commonly affected (68%...

658 cases of typhoid fever were reported in 1985; 356 were investigated, and of these, 200 were confirmed. 45% of the cases occurred in children (aged 15 or younger). 61.5% of the cases...

Since 1945, the incidence of reported cases of typhoid fever has been steadily declining and is currently estimated at 0.5 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Between September 2 and 6, 1997,...

Trends in the number of new tuberculosis cases and relapses reported to the DASS from 1975 to 1985: the number of new cases declined significantly; relapses, however, increased slightly...