Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is defined by the triad of sudden onset of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. HUS is the leading cause of acute...

This article presents a summary of data on outbreaks of foodborne illness reported in France between 1996 and 2005. During this period, 5,847 foodborne illness outbreaks were reported,...

Introduction - As part of the first national program to combat hepatitis C (1999), the InVS established a hepatitis C surveillance system through reference centers. This article...

In 2001, health authorities made it mandatory to report rare or serious healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in order to detect them early and facilitate their control. We describe...

This article summarizes seasonal influenza activity in metropolitan France for the 2005–2006 season. Methodology - The article is based on community data provided by the Sentinelles...

In France, epidemiological surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is based on the analysis of reporting and mandatory reporting (MR) data, supplemented by microbiological...

Since 1964, tuberculosis has been a notifiable disease. Since then, surveillance data show a continuous decline in incidence at the national level through 1997, with incidence rates...

The patient is a 61-year-old woman who had been visiting Senegal regularly since 2001 without residing there. At the time, she was working in Dakar (in the paramedical field). She...

Between August 23 and 31, 2004, four cases of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 were reported to the Gironde Departmental Health and Social Affairs...