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Health Impact of Chlordecone Use in the French West Indies. Recommendations for Research and Public Health Initiatives. October 2009
Martinique and Guadeloupe continue to suffer from environmental pollution caused by chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide used in banana plantations from 1973 to 1993. The...
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Assessment of vaccination coverage at 24 months of age among children born in 2004 in the Midi-Pyrénées region, based on data from the health insurance system
The assessment of vaccination coverage at the regional level needs to be improved. The feasibility of routinely estimating vaccination coverage at 24 months of age in the Midi-Pyrénées...
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Investigation of a cluster of giardiasis cases among passengers and crew on a cruise ship. Rhône Canal to Sète, September 28–October 4, 2008
On November 12, 2008, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance was notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of cases of giardiasis among a group of American...
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Investigation of an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis at a local hospital in the Var department, November–December 2007
In late December 2007, a local hospital in the Var region reported an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) cases, likely of viral origin, to the Departmental Directorate of Health and...
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Investigation of a cluster of 2009 H1N1 influenza cases. Jeu de Paume Elementary School, Créteil. June 2009
In late May 2009, a decision was made to monitor clusters of influenza cases in order to detect the circulation of the 2009 H1N1 virus in the population. On Monday, June 22, the...
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Incidence of Cancer in the Population Exposed to Groundwater Pollution in Northwest Mulhouse from 1988 to 2002
The groundwater in Alsace, north of Mulhouse, has been contaminated by a complex mixture of substances—the main component of which is chloronitrobenzene—as a result of industrial...
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Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the Pays de la Loire Region: Analysis of Surveillance Data (2005)
In a circular dated November 14, 2004, the Ministries of the Interior and Health implemented a new system for monitoring carbon monoxide poisoning through the establishment of regional...
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Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance in France: The Need for Determined and Sustained Action. Summary of Surveillance Data, November 18, 2015
The widespread and repeated use of antibiotics in human and animal healthcare leads, over time, to an increase in bacterial resistance. In fact, antibiotics act not only on their...
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Water Quality in the Paris Suburbs and the Incidence of Acute Gastroenteritis, 2002–2007
The Turbidity and Gastroenteritis Study aims to establish and characterize the relationship between the turbidity level of distributed water and the number of cases of acute...
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Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections in eastern France, 2014
Human listeriosis is a foodborne infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes (Lm). Between March 10 and April 2, 2014, five cases of Lm infection belonging to PCR group IIa and the rare...
