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The Relevance of Regional Surveillance for Psittacosis: Pays de la Loire and Brittany. Evaluation of an Experimental Surveillance System and the Diagnostic Value of Laboratory Tests
A study on psittacosis conducted in 2008–2009 in western France identified 114 hospitalized cases suspected of psittacosis, 81% of which were from the Pays de la Loire and Brittany...
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Assessment of the health impacts of urban air pollution. Perpignan urban area. Short- and long-term impacts
An assessment of the health impacts of urban air pollution was conducted in the Perpignan metropolitan area as part of the Regional Air Quality Plan. This study was carried out using a...
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Investigation of a mass foodborne illness outbreak in schools in Haute-Garonne and the Tarn
Several elementary school principals in Haute-Garonne and Tarn simultaneously notified health authorities of mild digestive problems among students. A retrospective cohort study, using...
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Outbreak of foodborne illness in schools in Haute-Garonne and Tarn, April 2008. Investigation of a large-scale foodborne illness outbreak
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Health checkups for 12- to 13-year-olds (12-year-old girls and 13-year-old boys). Descriptive analysis and epidemiological findings
Government authorities sought to evaluate the implementation, at the onset of adolescence (12-year-old girls and 13-year-old boys), of a preventive health screening based on a...
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Feasibility Study for the Northern General Cancer Registry. Study Report 2004–2008
As part of the government’s 2003–2007 cancer plan, a feasibility study for a cancer registry in the Nord region was conducted by the Nord Interregional Epidemiology Unit beginning in...
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Outbreak of Salmonella Putten in northwestern France, July–August 2008
On August 29, 2008, the National Reference Center (CNR) for Salmonella reported to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance the occurrence of four cases of salmonellosis...
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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(+))...
