Approximately 500 cases of leptospirosis are diagnosed each year in France. Half of these cases occur in the Overseas Departments and Territories, where the incidence rate can be more...

Key Points - The number of meningococcal strains received by the CNR decreased by 6.5% in 2003. - Serogroups B (58.6%) and C (31.1%) remain predominant, with a slowdown in the increase...

Key points: - 286 to 365 cases per year in mainland France and 260 to 357 in the overseas departments and territories; - slight annual fluctuations in mainland France and few monthly...

Key points: - In France, rabies is a notifiable disease (DO) in humans and a disease considered contagious in all animal species (MRC). - The National Reference Center for Rabies...

Background - The upcoming availability of a combined vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox has reignited the debate over widespread chickenpox vaccination for...

Data. In France, the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children was tracked from 1988 to 1997 in a registry covering 15% of the French population under the age of 20. During this period,...

Introduction - Transmission of tuberculosis in hospital settings can occur. This study reports on the investigation conducted following the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis...

The burden of seasonal influenza in terms of morbidity and mortality, combined with the threat of a pandemic, makes influenza a major public health issue. The objectives of influenza...

Introduction: While widespread infant vaccination with the upcoming MMR-chickenpox combination vaccine is expected to reduce the incidence of the disease, it could be accompanied by a...