Objectives: To describe the characteristics, vascular risk, complications, and quality of care among people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in mainland France, as well as changes over time,...

Introduction: The Gérodiab study is the first French multicenter, prospective, observational cohort study designed to assess the association between glycemic control and 5-year morbidity...

Introduction: High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and a key public health concern. In Quebec, several data sources are available to assess its...

Medical-administrative databases (BMA) are one of the tools used for the epidemiological surveillance of chronic respiratory diseases in France. Data on hospital morbidity are provided...

In Quebec, the surveillance of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a public health priority. Based on a conceptual framework, the "respiratory diseases" component...

Salmonella transmission via reptiles has been reported in many countries, most commonly among children. To describe cases of reptile-transmitted Salmonella infections in young children...

Contact with animals, particularly reptiles, is a known source of Salmonella transmission. Cases of Salmonella infections transmitted by pet reptiles have been reported in the literature...

Introduction: The National Surveillance Network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (RNS-CJD) is a national, multidisciplinary organization. Its objective is to detect all cases of human...

Introduction: Over the past ten years, the annual incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has ranged from 0.90 to 1.60 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Neisseria...