The transmission of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains high among people who inject drugs (PWID). While harm reduction policies that promote IDUs’ access to sterile syringes and...

In order to validate and supplement the estimates of the scale of the dengue epidemic in Martinique in 2001–2002, which were based on data from the surveillance system, a dengue...

The industrial disaster that occurred on September 21, 2001, in Toulouse resulted in the total or partial destruction of 1,300 facilities, affecting nearly 21,000 jobs. About five months...

The explosion at the AZF factory on September 21, 2001, was a major industrial accident with two notable characteristics: the impact on the entire city, far beyond the industrial site,...

Among the many buildings damaged by the explosion on September 21, 2001, approximately 100 schools were affected, including five that were completely destroyed and about 30 that required...

The accident on September 21, 2001, at the AZF factory in Toulouse resulted in the release of pollutants into the air, water, and soil both during and after the explosion. Assessing the...

Between November 5, 2003, and January 22, 2004, 86 cases of Legionnaires' disease were reported in the Pas-de-Calais department. This Legionnaires' disease outbreak is the largest ever...

Following the explosion at the AZF factory in Toulouse on September 21, 2001 (30 deaths, nearly 30,000 buildings destroyed or severely damaged), an assessment was conducted to formulate...

Between July 31 and August 5, 2003, 12 cases of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) were reported to the Hérault Departmental Directorate of Health...

This article describes the epidemiological investigation conducted following the reporting of two cases of Legionnaires' disease among residents of Harnes. The discovery of significant...