Summary and recommendations of the working group of the French High Council for Public Health (2002–2003) regarding the tuberculosis situation in France.

Although a safe, highly effective, and inexpensive vaccine is available, according to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), measles affects more than 30 million children...

Invasive meningococcal infections (IMIs) are serious infections that most often affect young people who appear to be in good health. In France, the majority of cases occur...

In August 2003, several cases of leptospirosis were reported to the Departmental Directorates of Health and Social Affairs, the Interregional Epidemiology Units, and the French...

Thanks to high vaccination coverage and very high vaccine efficacy, pertussis primarily affects infants too young to receive the vaccine, as well as adolescents and adults whose...

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...

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...

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...