Resistance to antituberculosis drugs emerged as soon as they were first used. Currently, in France, the main risk factor for resistance remains having previously received...

Pediatric tuberculosis, a disease that still affects children in Europe today, deserves special attention. In 2010, 3,035 cases of pediatric tuberculosis (ages 0–14) were reported, with...

Among patients with tuberculosis who were born abroad, the average time from their most recent stay abroad to the onset of tuberculosis is less than 4 years, whereas the time from their...

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of infections caused by Neisseria gonorrheae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum in the New Caledonian population aged 18 to 49 years...

This article presents surveillance data on HIV infection and AIDS in France for 2012, based on mandatory reporting of HIV and AIDS and virological surveillance, as well as trends since...

Introduction: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) and heart failure (HF) are common and serious chronic conditions. The objectives of this study are to estimate the "reported" prevalence of a...

Objectives: To study the prevalence, morbidity, and mortality associated with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) or C (CHC), as well as trends in these outcomes among the French hospitalized...

Introduction: In 2008, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance established a national surveillance system aimed at describing the epidemiological, clinical-biological, and...

This article presents an epidemiological and virological overview of influenza activity in France during the 2013–2014 season. Methods: This review is based on a descriptive analysis of...