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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in France, 1992–2002
A national surveillance network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) was established in France in the early 1990s with two objectives: to gain a better understanding of the incidence and...
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The 2003 SARS outbreak in France. Report on the epidemiological management of SARS by the InVS
The SARS pandemic, which emerged in Asia in 2003, spread rapidly to thirty countries before subsiding within three months, thanks to drastic prevention and control measures. In France,...
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2002 Feasibility Study. The Labville Network for the Development of a National Electronic Surveillance System for Antibiotic Resistance Using Community Laboratories
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) aims to establish a sentinel network of private laboratory practitioners to continuously monitor antibiotic susceptibility in...
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Comparison of data from the National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program and the PMSI. Medical Information System Program. Study Report
Background and Objectives: The National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM) was launched in 1998. The program’s primary objective is to estimate the incidence of pleural...
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Heat Wave and Health Alert System (SACS) 2004. Operational Report
The 2004 heat wave warning system was developed based on a retrospective analysis of health and meteorological data from fourteen pilot cities. The identification of a relevant...
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Study of Mercury Exposure Among the Population of Sinnamary
The reservoir created by the Sinnamary Dam is an anoxic environment rich in organic matter, making it conducive to mercury methylation. Bioaccumulation of methylmercury has been observed...
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Organochlorine Insecticides in the Caribbean: Identification of Hazards and Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs). Current State of Knowledge
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Review of regional air quality plans. Consideration of health-related aspects. Review of studies on the impacts of urban air pollution
In 1996, the Law on Air Quality and Rational Energy Use called for the implementation of Regional Air Quality Plans (PRQA), which must, among other things, be based on an assessment of...
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Glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (GISA). In hospitals in France, 2000–2001
The presence of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) strains isolated from hospitalized patients in France was reported to the French Institute for Public Health...
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Morbidity and mortality due to foodborne infectious diseases in France
In order to clarify the nature and extent of foodborne infectious diseases in France and to guide priorities regarding measures for the prevention and control of these diseases, a study...
