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Measles Vaccination: Who Should Get It, and Why?
France, like all countries in the WHO European Region, has set a goal of eliminating measles and congenital rubella by 2010. A national elimination plan defined new vaccination...
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Tuberculosis in Detention Centers in the Île-de-France Region. Prospective Study, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006
Given the high rate of tuberculosis in the Île-de-France region and the lack of recent epidemiological data on this disease in prisons, the Interregional Epidemiology Unit conducted a...
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Post-occupational Surveillance Program for Tradespeople Exposed to Asbestos (Espri). Interim Report on the Pilot Phase. September 2005–February 2007
In France, between 11,000 and 23,000 of the 280,000 new cancer cases diagnosed each year are believed to be caused by occupational carcinogens. Although these cancers most often develop...
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Cholera cases imported into mainland France from 1973 to 2005
Travel patterns and travelers’ vulnerability are changing: an increasing number of trips, travel at both ends of the age spectrum, and tourism involving close contact with local...
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Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV: a national assessment and cost-effectiveness analysis. The fight against HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in France. 10 years of surveillance, 1996–2005
- Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV is primarily used following high-risk sexual contact and after accidental exposure to blood among healthcare workers. - Excessively long delays in...
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Surveillance of occupational exposure to HIV, HCV, and HBV among healthcare workers. Combating HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in France. 10 years of surveillance, 1996–2005
Among healthcare workers: - 14 occupational HIV seroconversions (including 4 cases of antiretroviral prophylaxis failure) and 34 suspected infections between 1983 and 2005; - 55...
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Changes in the sociodemographic profiles and risk behaviors of drug users. The fight against HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in France. 10 years of surveillance, 1996–2005
- A decline in HIV transmission, reflected in low HIV prevalence among young people who use drugs (PWUD) and a very small proportion of PWUD among newly diagnosed HIV-positive cases and...
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Foreign nationals and HIV/AIDS. The fight against HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in France. 10 years of surveillance, 1996–2005
- An increase in the number of AIDS cases among foreign nationals between 1998 and 2002, followed by a decrease between 2002 and 2005. - A decrease in the number of new HIV diagnoses...
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The Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Infections (Excluding HIV). The Fight Against HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in France: 10 Years of Surveillance, 1996–2005
- Surveillance of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), excluding HIV/AIDS, relies on networks of laboratories or volunteer clinicians. - Overall increase in STIs in France between...
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Men who have sex with men. Combating HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in France. 10 years of surveillance, 1996–2005
- Between 2003 and 2005, 2,630 gay men learned they were HIV-positive, accounting for 23% of all HIV diagnoses; nearly half of them had been infected within the six months prior to...
