In France, the incidence of tuberculosis has remained stable at around 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants since 1997 (10.2 in 2003). However, the epidemiological situation varies...

Tuberculosis is a preventable infectious disease whose impact on public health is growing worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that if the disease is not brought under...

The link between air pollution and mortality is now widely accepted, with a level of causality that allows for health impact assessments such as the one presented in this study for nine...

The objective of this report is to describe any specific characteristics observed among foreign nationals living with AIDS, particularly those related to their sociodemographic and...

This document, consisting of three parts, is the French translation of the Apheis report for its third phase. Launched in 1999, the Apheis program aims to provide European...

Following an investigation into an outbreak of 22 cases of HCV infection that occurred at a hemodialysis center in southern France in 2001, the Minister of Health asked the French...

The purpose of this report is to present the 2006 version of the heat wave and health alert system. The basis of this system remains the same as that used during its first summer of...

Introduction. In late February 2005, the National Reference Center for Salmonella reported an increase in the number of Salmonella serotype Agona isolates from infants in France during...

In France, surveillance of infections caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) is based on monitoring typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in children under the age of 15. This...