Introduction: The initial results of the fifth round of the ESPAD (European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs) survey, conducted among 6,642 French high school students,...

Objective: Smoking is a major cause of disease, associated with a significant public health impact on the health of populations. Our objective was to update the estimate of...

Objectives: France is one of four European countries to offer a comprehensive smoking cessation program that includes a helpline, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with a reimbursement...

This article presents an epidemiological and virological overview of influenza activity in metropolitan France during the 2015–2016 season. Methods: This report is based on a descriptive...

The Aedes albopictus mosquito, or tiger mosquito, a vector of dengue and chikungunya, has been present in mainland France since 2004. It poses a risk of local transmission of these...

In 2009, a sentinel surveillance system for Lyme disease (LD) was established in primary care in mainland France. Over the 2009–2016 period, 819 cases were reported by participating...

Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne disease in France. Since 2009, surveillance of the disease in mainland France has been conducted by the Sentinelles network, a network...

The diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis is based on a combination of clinical, epidemiological, and biological evidence. From a biological standpoint, serology is the primary diagnostic tool....

Introduction: The departments of Alsace constitute a high-incidence area for Lyme borreliosis (LB) in mainland France. The objectives of the study were to identify and describe cases of...

Lyme disease (LD) is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in France. There is currently no vaccine against LD, so preventive measures aimed at preventing the transmission of...