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Suspected Cancer Cluster at the Meudon Observatory. Final Study Report
Staff at the Paris Observatory became aware of what they considered to be a high number of cancer cases among employees in one of the buildings at the Meudon site between 1995 and 2001....
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Clustered cases of acute hepatitis B virus infection linked to acupuncture procedures. Languedoc-Roussillon, 2008
In September 2008, an acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was reported to the Gard Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs in a teenage girl whose only risk factor was...
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Clusters of toxoplasmosis cases in Montpellier and the surrounding area, October 2008–January 2009
In late January 2009, the Languedoc-Roussillon regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance was notified by the Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory at the...
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Outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus skin infections carrying genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin in schools and households, Val-d'Oise, 2006–2008. Findings of the investigation after two years of follow-up
This study describes the course of an outbreak of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) skin infections carrying the genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL(+))...
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Investigation into a suspected cluster of kidney cancers at the Lavéra petrochemical complex, Bouches-du-Rhône, 1994–2007
In December 2008, a patient who had undergone surgery for kidney cancer reported, in a letter addressed to the Minister of Health, about a dozen similar cases at the Lavéra petrochemical...
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Lead Poisoning in Children. Special Issue. MDO Regional News
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The Relevance of Lead Poisoning Screening and Measurements of Cadmium Exposure in the Population in the Mortagne-du-Nord Area. Final Report
In Mortagne-du-Nord, in the Nord department, there was once a zinc smelter, a sulfuric acid plant, and a lead smelter. Although the last of these plants has been closed since 1968, heavy...
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A Study of the Incidence of Leptospirosis in the Ardennes Department, 1996–2005
Introduction: The Ardennes department has one of the highest annual incidence rates of leptospirosis in metropolitan France. This study, conducted at the request of the Departmental...
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Acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Languedoc-Roussillon region. Analysis of hospital morbidity (1997–2005) and mortality (1997–2002)
The new national surveillance system has made it possible to track cases of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning on an annual basis, starting January 1, 2005. An analysis of hospital morbidity...
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Cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases, Paris-Austerlitz. July–September 2006. Investigation report
In early September 2006, the Paris Departmental Health and Social Affairs Directorate (DASS) detected a cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases in a southern district of the capital. The...
