In France, the incidence of tuberculosis has remained stable at around 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants since 1997 (10.2 in 2003). However, the epidemiological situation varies...

Tuberculosis is a preventable infectious disease whose impact on public health is growing worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that if the disease is not brought under...

For more than 15 years, over 95% of 2-year-olds have received the three doses required for the primary pertussis vaccination series. The disease has become rare in children but persists...

Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to antituberculosis drugs in France has been conducted since 1995 by a group of microbiologists from university hospitals, the...

Invasive meningococcal infections (IMI) are serious infections that most commonly affect young people. In France, the majority of cases occur sporadically. Surveillance of IIM is one of...

In late December 2003, a long-term care facility in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region reported to the DDASS that approximately 30 cases of flu-like illness had occurred among residents,...

The Île-de-France region is the hardest-hit, with an incidence rate of 27.1 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2002. Foreign nationals aged 15 to 39 constitute the primary at-risk group, with an...

Under the auspices of the Network for Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (Raisin) and in collaboration with the Study Group on Healthcare Workers’ Risk of...

A prevalence survey of serum markers for hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infections was conducted from 2003 to 2004 using a national sample of individuals covered by the general health...