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Cluster of typhoid fever cases linked to a restaurant in Paris. October–November 2003
The incidence of typhoid fever has become very low (0.15 per 100,000) in mainland France, and more than 80% of reported cases occur upon return from travel to endemic countries. In...
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Analysis of the occurrence of two cases of leukemia in Vauhallan (Essonne). Investigation report
In May 2002, a general practitioner in the town of Vauhallan (Essonne) reported to the DDASS the occurrence of two cases of leukemia, three months apart, in two children of the same age...
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Leptospirosis in Metropolitan France. Summer 2003
Following various indications suggesting an increase in leptospirosis cases in mainland France, particularly in the Dordogne, enhanced surveillance for this disease was implemented by...
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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. January–June 2003
Measles surveillance in France—a disease subject to mandatory reporting from 1945 to 1985—has been conducted since 1985 by the Sentinelles network, established by Inserm U444, based on...
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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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Evaluation of the 2002 Campaign to Distribute Stable Iodine Tablets to Residents Living Near the Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant, February 2003
Since 1992, French law has required the preventive distribution of stable iodine tablets in areas defined by specific emergency response plans (PPI) around nuclear power plants....
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Syphilis Surveillance in France, 2000–2002
Although the requirement to report sexually transmitted diseases was abolished (July 2000), the resurgence of syphilis in late 2001 led to the establishment of a surveillance network...
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Surveillance of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS). October 2001–December 2002. Results and Evaluation
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is a viral infection that presents as a painful flu-like syndrome accompanied by signs of kidney failure, with a generally favorable prognosis. The...
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Health consequences of the explosion at the AZF factory in Toulouse on September 21, 2001. Consequences of environmental exposure
The explosion that occurred in Toulouse on September 21, 2001, at the AZF site is one of the most significant industrial accidents of recent decades, due to the force of the blast and...
