The strategy for investigating and screening tuberculosis cases appears to be poorly implemented in France. To describe the screening of close contacts (CCs) of patients hospitalized for...

Motor, sensory, and intellectual disabilities are systematically recorded by the two French registries of childhood disabilities in order to monitor changes in their prevalence over...

Introduction - Five cases of pleural mesothelioma among staff at the Jussieu campus in Paris were reported to the InVS, which sought to assess the likelihood that these mesotheliomas...

Introduction: In early February 2007, the coordinating physician at a nursing home reported a significant number of flu-like illnesses among residents and staff. Methods: A cohort study...

Surveillance data from the 2006–2007 flu season show moderate flu activity in the French West Indies. In French Guiana, the epidemiology of the flu appears to have changed since 2006,...

The aim of this article is to analyze knowledge, attitudes, and condom use among populations living in the French departments of the Americas (DFA): Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French...

Against the backdrop of an overall decline in traffic-related injuries, this article presents a detailed analysis of trends in this area. The Rhône Registry of Road Traffic Accident...

Recent data on new HIV/AIDS diagnoses highlight the growing proportion of people from sub-Saharan Africa. The ANRS-Vespa survey, conducted among a statistically representative sample of...

In 2009, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance launched the first HIV seroprevalence survey among men who have sex with men (MSM) frequenting gay social venues in Paris....

In January 1998, the Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) of Seine-Maritime reported to the National Public Health Network a significant increase in the number...