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Tuberculosis Infection and Disease Among Children in the Ile-de-France Region in 1997
Tuberculosis in children provides essential epidemiological information because it always indicates recent transmission. It is therefore important to have effective epidemiological...
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Evaluation of meningococcal infection surveillance in France in 1996 using the capture-recapture method
Introduction: In France, surveillance of meningococcal infections (MI) is based on mandatory case reporting. In 1989–1990, the completeness of mandatory reporting was estimated at 51%...
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Epidemiological Impact of a Change in BCG Vaccination Policy in France: A Literature Review and Analysis of Available Data
The resumption since 1993 of the downward trend in tuberculosis incidence in France calls for a reassessment of the relevance of the BCG vaccination policy. Indeed, the available...
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Health Effects of the Explosion at the Grande Paroisse Plant on September 21, 2001. Interim Report
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Contamination of the drinking water supply in Strasbourg and a simultaneous outbreak of gastroenteritis
On May 25, 2000, the manager of the SODEXHO restaurant at the Cité Administrative in Strasbourg and the Health and Environment Department of the Bas-Rhin DDASS noticed a suspicious taste...
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The relevance of an epidemiological study to assess the health consequences of radium contamination at the daycare center located at 12 Rue Chomel (7th arrondissement, Paris)
In 1998, during a radiation survey of a building that had housed a sales office for a company manufacturing items containing radium, the OPRI detected dose rates of several μSv/h in the...
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Investigation into a suspected cluster of leukemia cases in the Gaillon region (Eure). Study report
In November 1997, a resident of the town of Gaillon (Eure) reported to the Eure Department of Social Affairs (DDASS) that a family member had been diagnosed with leukemia and expressed...
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Lyme Disease Surveillance Network in Alsace. March 2001–February 2003
Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is a zoonosis found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It is by far the most common tick-borne infection in Europe. The incidence of the disease...
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Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak in Long-Term Care Facilities. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. September 1999–January 2000. Investigation Report
In late November 1999, the Institute for Public Health Surveillance was notified by the National Reference Center for Salmonella and Shigella of an increase in human isolates of...
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Analysis of a cluster of cancer cases at Franklin Roosevelt School in Vincennes
