Infant botulism is caused by the ingestion of Clostridium botulinum spores and affects newborns and infants under 12 months of age. The spores multiply and produce botulinum toxin in...

The findings of epidemiological studies over the past two decades have completely transformed our understanding of the impact of acute and chronic exposure to air...

Introduction - An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) occurs every winter in France and accounts for 700,000 to 3.7 million visits to primary care physicians. Here we present an...

Between 2006 and 2008, 3,127 outbreaks of foodborne illness were reported to health authorities in France. These outbreaks affected 33,404 people, of whom 2,302 were hospitalized and...

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

Since 2006, surveillance data have shown a decline in the incidence of Legionnaires' disease in France. This trend was confirmed in 2009, with 1,206 cases reported, corresponding to an...

This article provides a summary of the most recent descriptive epidemiological data on asthma in France. The latest national surveys show a cumulative prevalence of asthma of over 10%...

In June 2009, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) conducted an estimate of the number of people infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and those at risk of developing...

In July 2007, the mandatory BCG vaccination requirement was replaced by a strong recommendation to vaccinate children most at risk of tuberculosis. We conducted a survey to estimate...