This article provides a description of the most common initial AIDS-defining conditions between 2003 and 2010, based on mandatory AIDS reporting. The number of AIDS cases has stabilized...

Introduction - The objective of this study is to compare hospital admissions for long-term illness due to HIV (ALD7) with newly diagnosed HIV-positive cases among individuals aged 15 and...

The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996 led to a decrease in the incidence of opportunistic infections and an increase in survival among patients with...

Surveillance of occupational infections among healthcare workers in France was established, using both retrospective and prospective methods, in 1991 for the human immunodeficiency virus...

Co-infections with HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses are common, as these three viruses share common modes of transmission. HIV infection worsens the prognosis of HCV- and...

With 36,000 new cases per year, colorectal cancer ranks third in incidence among men and second among women. Treatment often involves surgery, such as a partial or total colectomy, or a...

The health risks associated with urban air pollution have been assessed in numerous epidemiological studies, including the Air and Health Monitoring Program in 9 French Cities (PSAS-9),...

Following an analysis conducted by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVs) in 2001 regarding the epidemiological relevance of France’s BCG vaccination policy, working...

Since 1964, tuberculosis has been a notifiable disease. Since then, surveillance data show a continuous decline in incidence at the national level through 1997, with incidence rates...