Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) constitute a highly heterogeneous group of diseases. Over the past 10 years, VHF surveillance has improved, but further progress is needed by...

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) pose a real risk to the armed forces. The importance the military attaches to them is justified by the dual nature of these diseases, which are endemic in...

The immunization schedule is developed by the Technical Committee on Vaccinations, a standing working group of the Communicable Diseases Section of the French High Council for Public...

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease widespread throughout the world, caused by the bacterium Leptospira interrogans, which is currently classified into 23 serogroups. In metropolitan...

The EPIBAC network is a network of hospital microbiology laboratories whose objective is to monitor certain community-acquired invasive infections. EPIBAC aims to estimate the incidence...

This article is based on a document published in May 1999 by the Directorate General for Health and intended for physicians practicing in regions affected by Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal...

Introduction. In late February 2005, the National Reference Center for Salmonella reported an increase in the number of Salmonella serotype Agona isolates from infants in France during...

This article presents the missions and activities of the Unit for Nutritional Surveillance and Epidemiology (USEN), established in 2000 through an agreement between the InVS and the Ista...

Since 1999, the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Employment and Solidarity have joined forces, in partnership with the InVS, to conduct a three-year cycle of surveys on...