Introduction - This article presents an epidemiological review of dengue in French Polynesia between 2006 and 2008. Method - The article is based on data from the dengue surveillance...

Introduction - For more than 20 years, the annual incidence rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has ranged from 1 to 2 cases per 105 inhabitants. Methods -...

In January 2007, Robert Debré Hospital reported a case of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) caused by Shigella sonnei resistant to amoxicillin (AMX) and cotrimoxazole (SXT) (S. sonnei RR) but...

Over the past twenty years, the analysis of short-term links between air pollution and health has been the subject of numerous studies. The most commonly used method is time-series...

Introduction - Hospitalizations for asthma are largely preventable. The objective of this analysis was to describe readmissions for asthma. Methods - Hospital stays recorded in the PMSI...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a multidrug-resistant bacterium frequently implicated in healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Despite the progress made over the...

In the management of contaminated soils, the concept of the bioavailability of soil pollutants is frequently cited as a means of optimizing health risk assessment. However, there is some...

This report responds to a request from the Directorate General for Health. It presents the current state of the literature on the relationship between cold weather and health...

Introduction. Chronic bronchitis is associated with an increased risk of COPD and a reduced quality of life. The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of chronic...