The purpose of this article is to describe the characteristics of individuals with AIDS-initiating pulmonary tuberculosis and their progression over time, and to examine the factors...

This article summarizes the report titled "Epidemiological Impact of a Change in BCG Vaccination Policy in France," published in July 2001 by the French Institute for Public Health...

In France, tuberculosis is a notifiable disease. This article presents the cases reported in 2001 in metropolitan France and the French overseas departments, with a comparison of...

Invasive meningococcal infections (IMIs) are notifiable diseases. This article presents the results of a descriptive analysis of data collected for the year 2001. The incidence rate of...

The authors present here cases of symptomatic acute hepatitis B reported between March 1, 2003, and March 1, 2004. These are the initial results of the implementation of a new...

Objective of the study. - Hepatitis A virus (HAV) genotype II is rarely isolated. Between 2002 and 2007, the National HAV Reference Center, as part of its surveillance program,...

As part of the effort to combat influenza pandemics, we conducted an initial study to estimate the epidemiological impact that an influenza pandemic might have in terms of expected...

National surveillance of tuberculosis cases is based on the mandatory reporting system (MR). In 1992–1993, an estimate of the completeness of mandatory reporting for this disease was...

At the request of the Ministry of Health, we estimated the number of health events (cases, hospitalizations, and deaths) expected during an influenza pandemic and compared the impact...