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Health-Economic Modeling of the Impact of Cervical Cancer Screening Programs and the Inclusion of HPV Vaccination in the National Immunization Schedule. March 2007
The first vaccine effective in preventing infections caused by the main human papillomaviruses responsible for cervical cancer (HPV 16 and 18) received marketing authorization in 2006....
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Food Safety in France: The Role of the French Food Safety Agency, Challenges, and Outlook
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Screening for Lead Poisoning in Children in France Since 1995: Practices, Results, Trends, and Recommendations
Introduction - The objective of this study is to describe childhood lead poisoning screening activities in France and how they have evolved since 1995. Methods - We used data from the...
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Cases of carbon monoxide poisoning in mainland France in 2006
To combat carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, which causes approximately 100 deaths and several thousand hospitalizations each year, a national CO poisoning surveillance system has been...
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Factors Influencing Participation in Organized Breast Cancer Screening: The Fado-sein Study, France, 2006
Objectives - The aim of this study was to describe the reasons for participating or not participating in organized (OD) or individual (ID) breast cancer screening. Methods - This...
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Recent trends in antimicrobial resistance among Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus isolates: the French experience
In France, the overall proportion of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae has decreased from 53% in 2002 to 38% in 2006, and the proportion of methicillin-resistant...
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National Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, 2001–2003. Mortality from Infectious Diseases in France. Current Situation and Trends
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National Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, 2001–2003. Nosocomial Bacteremia in France. Results of the 2002 Surveillance Study
The incidence of nosocomial bacteremia acquired during short-term hospital stays is 0.60 per 1,000 patient-days. - Catheters (21.5%) and urinary tract infections (19.6%) are the most...
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National Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, 2001–2003. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in France: data from the National Reference Center
Key points: - Persistence, with a very low incidence of invasive H. influenzae type b infections in adults and children. - Among the other capsular types, type f is only rarely...
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National Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, 2001–2003. Invasive Meningococcal Infections, 2001–2003. Data from the National Reference Center
Key Points - The number of meningococcal strains received by the CNR decreased by 6.5% in 2003. - Serogroups B (58.6%) and C (31.1%) remain predominant, with a slowdown in the increase...
