In the United States and several European countries, including France, there has been an increase in Salmonella Typhimurium infections since the mid-1990s, associated with the emergence...

France’s HIV testing policy is based on personal responsibility and voluntary testing. Anonymous and free HIV testing clinics (CDAG) were established in 1988 in every department, within...

This editorial addresses human salmonellosis. These cases occur as sporadic infections, foodborne illness outbreaks, or community-wide epidemics. For certain serotypes, particularly...

On December 2, 1998, the National Public Health Network (RNSP) was informed by the National Reference Center for Salmonella and Shigella (CNRSS) of an increase, during the first half of...

In the introduction, the authors describe the procedures and quality of the surveillance systems for outbreaks of foodborne illness in France. In 2001, 483 reports of foodborne illness...

As part of its surveillance and investigation mandate, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) is frequently asked to provide guidance on how to respond to outbreaks...

Surveillance of occupational exposures among healthcare workers in France was established, using both retrospective and prospective methods, in 1991 for the human immunodeficiency virus...

Natural resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antituberculosis drugs is rare. Drug resistance results primarily from inappropriate treatment. Resistance to antituberculosis drugs,...

Tetanus is an acute infection caused by exotoxins produced by a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium, Clostridium tetani. The vaccine to prevent this disease, which is virtually 100%...

HIV/AIDS surveillance at the European level began in 1984 with the creation of the European Centre for the Epidemiological Surveillance of AIDS (EuroHIV) and the reporting of AIDS cases...