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Meningococcal Infections in France in 1998 and 1999
Systemic meningococcal infection (meningococcal meningitis or meningococcemia) is a rare disease in France that primarily affects children; its severity lies in the fact that it is fatal...
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Eradication of polio
The success of the global eradication of smallpox, certified in 1980, encouraged the World Health Organization to launch the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. At that time,...
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AIDS Surveillance in France: The Situation After a Two-Year Hiatus
The data presented here are provisional, based solely on the analysis of cases diagnosed through December 31, 1999. Updated data will be published in November 2000, incorporating reports...
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Risk factors for sporadic Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium infections in children. France, 1996
In the United States and several European countries, including France, there has been an increase in Salmonella Typhimurium infections since the mid-1990s, associated with the emergence...
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CDAG and the Free HIV Testing Program: 1998 Activity Report
France’s HIV testing policy is based on personal responsibility and voluntary testing. Anonymous and free HIV testing clinics (CDAG) were established in 1988 in every department, within...
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Ground beef and human salmonellosis: lessons from the investigation of three outbreaks and a national case-control study.
This editorial addresses human salmonellosis. These cases occur as sporadic infections, foodborne illness outbreaks, or community-wide epidemics. For certain serotypes, particularly...
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Salmonellosis outbreak caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Coeln. France, November 1998
On December 2, 1998, the National Public Health Network (RNSP) was informed by the National Reference Center for Salmonella and Shigella (CNRSS) of an increase, during the first half of...
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Epidemiology of Rubella in France, 20 Years After the Introduction of Vaccination
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National Policies for the Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance: The Situation in 17 European Countries at the End of 2000
A survey conducted among the Member States of the European Union and Norway shows that, as of December 2000, only two of them did not have a national surveillance system for...
