Introduction - Healthcare students must follow the same vaccination recommendations as all healthcare professionals. There are currently no data on vaccination coverage (VC) for this...

Measles, which had become a rare disease in France, has seen its incidence rise again since 2008. Healthcare facilities are high-risk settings for transmission where vigilance has been...

A prospective prevalence study of Chlamydia trachomatis infection was conducted among adolescents experiencing school, family, and/or social difficulties at the Youth Health Center of...

Introduction - Between December 2005 and June 2006, a major dengue outbreak occurred in French Guiana. A dengue seroprevalence survey was conducted to estimate the proportion of the...

Data from the OSCOUR® network (Organization for Coordinated Emergency Monitoring) are used by Santé publique France as part of the Heat Wave and Health Alert System (SACS) to estimate...

Introduction: Increases in asthma attacks have been sporadically reported during periods of high pollen counts, particularly following thunderstorms. These phenomena are poorly...

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease affecting humans in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere. The bacteria responsible belong to the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu...

The purpose of this article is to describe the role of surveillance in the policy for combating healthcare-associated infections at the Mulhouse Hospital Center. Initially organized by...

Objectives - On Saturday, February 20, 2010, firefighters in the Hérault department reported to the Hérault Territorial Delegation of the Regional Health Agency (DT34-ARS) that...

Introduction - The RésIST network brings together clinicians who volunteer to report cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and anogenital lymphogranuloma to the French Institute for Public...