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The Impact of Heat Waves on Healthcare Utilization: A Literature Review
Background - In the context of climate change, it is important to better understand the relationship between extreme temperatures, healthcare utilization, and mortality in order to...
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Vulnerable Migrants and Tuberculosis: Case-Based Monitoring and Screening. A Study at the Comede Health Center, France, 2009–2011
Introduction - The treatment and follow-up of tuberculosis among vulnerable migrants and foreign nationals represent a major public health challenge. The Medical Committee for Exiles...
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Pilot study of automated transfer of microbiological data from private clinical laboratories for epidemiological surveillance purposes, Labville network, France, 2005–2009
The Labville pilot project, conducted from 2005 to 2009 to help monitor antibiotic resistance (ABR), implemented an automated, daily, and secure transfer of bacteriology data from a...
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Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: rates of long-term care, hospitalizations, and mortality in mainland France, 2007 and 2010
Objectives. This study provides an overview of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (ADOD) in mainland France using existing databases and initiates a discussion on the monitoring...
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Rapid HIV screening and diagnostic tests at CDAGs: impact on the reporting of other serology results and the value of implementing follow-up measures for patients who have been lost to follow-up
Rapid HIV screening and diagnostic tests (RHDTs) are recommended for HIV testing in community-based settings. Their use in CDAG/CDDIST centers may increase demand but could affect the...
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Mean LDL cholesterol and prevalence of LDL hypercholesterolemia among adults aged 18 to 74. National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNS) 2006–2007, mainland France
Introduction: The objectives of this study were to describe the mean LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) level, the distribution of values, and the prevalence of LDL hypercholesterolemia and its...
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HIV/AIDS in France: Surveillance Data and Studies [Editorial]
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Twenty Years of Changes in Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Regarding HIV/AIDS in Metropolitan France. KABP Survey, ANRS-ORS-Inpes-IReSP-DGS.
This article examines changes in knowledge and perceptions of HIV/AIDS risk, as well as shifts in prevention behaviors among the population living in mainland France. Six waves of...
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HIV Testing in France, 2003–2011.
In France, an estimated 15,000 to 30,000 people are believed to be living with HIV but undiagnosed, and half of all HIV diagnoses are made at an advanced stage, when CD4 counts are below...
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HIV types, groups, and subtypes diagnosed in France since 2003: data from eight years of surveillance.
In France, virological surveillance, including serotyping, is routinely conducted alongside epidemiological surveillance of new HIV diagnoses. The combination of virological and...
