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HIV-HCV Coinfection in Hospitals. National Survey, June 2001
Combination therapies delay progression to AIDS, and patients coinfected with HIV and HCV now develop serious HCV-related complications. For the first time, a study provides a national...
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Tuberculosis in France in the Year 2000. Proceedings of the symposium organized by the Association for the Development of Epidemiology in Aquitaine (ADEA) and the Institute of Epidemiology, Public Health, and Development (ISPED), November 17, 2000
While in 2001, one-third of the world’s population was still infected with the tuberculosis bacillus, 95% of cases occurred in the poorest countries on the planet. Yet, since the...
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The Use of the Smallpox Virus as a Biological Weapon: Estimating the Epidemiological Impact and the Role of Vaccination
The World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated worldwide in 1980, and no new cases have been reported since then. All countries worldwide discontinued smallpox vaccination...
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Salmonella outbreak caused by Salmonella serotype infantis. Île-de-France, September–November 2001
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Breast Cancer Screening. Evaluation of Epidemiological Follow-Up. Status as of December 31, 2000
National-level evaluation data make it possible to analyze the performance of each department and the program. The indicators are calculated and analyzed by the InVS. They are...
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Assessment of the Health Impacts of the Chernobyl Accident in France: Epidemiological Surveillance System, Current State of Knowledge, Risk Assessment, and Outlook
This joint report by the IPSN and the InVS addresses the following topics in turn: an overview of the current state of knowledge regarding both the health consequences of the Chernobyl...
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Short-term associations between urban air pollution and respiratory mortality: the role of time-series studies. The case of the 9-city study (PSAS-9)
Time-series studies in the field of air pollution aim to test and quantify potential short-term relationships between daily time series of ambient air pollution levels and daily time...
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Do public health and research issues related to infectious foodborne risks warrant new data collection efforts? 2nd RESP Symposium: Infectious Foodborne Risks
Until recently, the collection of epidemiological data necessary for implementing a public health policy that combines outbreak control with the prevention of sporadic cases was...
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Outbreak of Tuberculosis in Institutional Settings. Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Tuberculosis Outbreaks in Institutional Settings
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Epidemiology of Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis in France remains a pressing issue. The national incidence rate was 11.2 cases per 100,000 population in 2000 and has remained stable since 1997. The situation is...
