Although the Americas had been free of chikungunya until November 2013, the risk of an outbreak of this arbovirus was considered to be increasing in the French departments and...

Introduction: The purpose of this article is to report the main findings of a retrospective study (1995–2010) on the influence of meteorological factors on peaks in nuisance caused by...

Introduction: The gap between screening recommendations for HIV and hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV, HCV) and actual practice contributes to the late diagnosis of these infections. New...

Enterobacteria resistant to third-generation cephalosporins (3GC-R) and producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs), initially considered strictly nosocomial, are now...

On August 27, 2013, the nurse coordinator at a long-term care facility for the elderly (Ehpad) in the Bouches-du-Rhône department reported two cases of acute respiratory infection with...

In France, there are significant social and geographic disparities in mortality rates around birth and during the first year of life. The department of Seine-Saint-Denis, which has had...

Between December 24, 2012, and January 8, 2013, 10 cases of salmonellosis were reported by the Paris Maternal and Child Health Service (PMI) among children attending four daycare centers...

In early March 2013, an outbreak of diarrhea accompanied by acute febrile respiratory syndrome, affecting a community of gold miners working at a single site in the tropical forest, was...

Objective - To explore the associations between characteristics of exposure to psychological violence in the workplace and depressive symptoms in a sample of currently employed workers....