Surveillance networks for nosocomial bacteremia have been gradually established by the C. CLINs since 1994 (C. CLIN Sud-Est, C. CLIN Paris-Nord) to facilitate hospitals’ surveillance of...

A second-generation software program called "TB INFO" was developed as a follow-up to the first computerized patient monitoring system for patients undergoing tuberculosis treatment,...

Since 1987, Legionnaires' disease surveillance in France has been based on a mandatory reporting system and was strengthened in 1997 by the interactive system for reporting cases of...

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is defined by the triad of sudden onset of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute renal failure. In France, a study—which included...

Surveillance of listeriosis in France is carried out through mandatory reporting (DO) and the National Reference Center for Listeria (CNR) at the Listeria Laboratory of the Pasteur...

The AIDS case surveillance data presented in this BEH were compiled for cases diagnosed through December 31, 2000, based on case reports received by the InVS through March 31, 2001. As...

In 1994, the Directorate General for Health established a national program for systematic breast cancer screening, based on European recommendations for training, quality control, and...

Since 1976, epidemiological surveillance of rubella infections acquired during pregnancy and congenital rubella syndrome in France has been based on a network of laboratories: the...

Background: The Air Quality Act requires regional air quality plans. These plans must include an assessment of the health effects of air pollution in order to propose air quality...