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Cluster of typhoid fever cases linked to a restaurant in Paris, 2003
In France, as in other industrialized countries, the annual incidence of typhoid fever has become very low (0.15 per 100,000 in metropolitan France); on average, 80 cases of typhoid...
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Investigation of measles cases in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region during the first half of 2003
In late May 2002, the Virology Laboratory at the Timone University Hospital (CHU) in Marseille notified the InVS of five confirmed cases of measles among young adults residing in...
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Outbreak of foodborne illness caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Longevelle-sur-le-Doubs, July 2003
This article presents the epidemiological investigation conducted within two days of a mass food poisoning incident that occurred following a meal organized by a local soccer club. A...
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Skin infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus producing Panton-Valentine leukocidin, Côtes-d'Armor, October 1999 to August 2002
This article presents an investigation conducted to describe the extent and characteristics of clusters of "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" (MRSA) cases in the...
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Weather data and mortality surveys in 13 major French cities. Health impacts of the August 2003 heat wave: preliminary findings and future research
During the summer of 2003, France experienced an unprecedented heat wave. This heat wave had a greater impact in large urban areas due to the urban heat island effect. Meteorological...
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Tuberculosis outbreak in a migrant shelter in Paris in 2002.
During a screening campaign in a community in March 2002—where a case of tuberculosis had previously been diagnosed each year—13 cases of tuberculosis were identified, two of which...
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Clusters of febrile syndromes among older adults during the 2009 heat wave in Vaucluse, France
In August 2009, a nursing home for the elderly (Ehpad) in the Vaucluse department reported seven suspected cases of influenza. Since the nasal swabs taken to test for the new...
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Objectively measured levels of physical activity among children in northern France
Introduction - The aim of this study was to describe the level of physical activity (PA) among school-aged children in northern France, using an objective measure of PA.Methods - The...
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Description of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) outbreaks in the French overseas territories in the Americas: Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and the Northern Islands (Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin), April 2009 to January 2010.
As the French territories closest to the areas initially affected by the 2009 A(H1N1) influenza pandemic, the regions of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Martinique, along with the...
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Drug-resistant tuberculosis in Seine-Saint-Denis: a case-based screening study
The strategy for investigating and screening tuberculosis cases appears to be poorly implemented in France. To describe the screening of close contacts (CCs) of patients hospitalized...
