This article presents the characteristics of tuberculosis cases and their management in French Polynesia (FP) in 2008, and compares them with annual data since 2000. In 2008, the 48...

Introduction - For more than 20 years, the annual incidence rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has ranged from 1 to 2 cases per 105 inhabitants. Methods -...

Background - Enhanced passive surveillance for influenza A(H1N1) cases was implemented during the 2009–2010 season among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the ANRS CO3 Aquitaine Cohort....

This article provides a description of the most common initial AIDS-defining conditions between 2003 and 2010, based on mandatory AIDS reporting. The number of AIDS cases has stabilized...

Co-infections with HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses are common, as these three viruses share common modes of transmission. HIV infection worsens the prognosis of HCV- and...

To assist health authorities in developing recommendations regarding new vaccines against chickenpox and pertussis, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance assessed, under...

A case-control study conducted by the INMA and coordinated by the InVS from July 1999 to February 2000 highlighted the role of certain freshwater recreational activities (particularly...

Following an analysis conducted by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVs) in 2001 regarding the epidemiological relevance of France’s BCG vaccination policy, working...

Since 1964, tuberculosis has been a notifiable disease. Since then, surveillance data show a continuous decline in incidence at the national level through 1997, with incidence rates...