The SARS pandemic, which emerged in Asia in 2003, spread rapidly to thirty countries before subsiding within three months, thanks to drastic prevention and control measures. In France,...

The Gay Barometer, a survey of gay men who frequent gay meeting places, was launched in Paris in 2000 at the initiative of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance and the...

Between July 1999 and December 2003, the clinical management of individuals exposed to HIV was the subject of a national evaluation, coordinated by the French Institute for Public Health...

The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) aims to establish a sentinel network of private laboratory practitioners to continuously monitor antibiotic susceptibility in...

In France, an analysis of asthma mortality trends between 1970 and 1990 showed an increase through the mid-1980s, followed by a decline. Among women, however, age-standardized death...

Invasive meningococcal infections (IMIs) are serious infections that most often affect young people who appear to be in good health. In France, the majority of cases occur sporadically....

In August 2003, several cases of leptospirosis were reported to the Departmental Directorates of Health and Social Affairs, the Interregional Epidemiology Units, and the French Institute...

This article describes the surveillance system for Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) in France and presents the data analyzed in 2002 and 2003.

Thanks to high vaccination coverage and very high vaccine efficacy, pertussis primarily affects infants too young to receive the vaccine, as well as adolescents and adults whose immunity...

Background and Objectives: The National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM) was launched in 1998. The program’s primary objective is to estimate the incidence of pleural...