The Maine-et-Loire City-Hospital Network, or "Hepatitis Network 49," is one of the oldest networks dedicated to viral hepatitis in France (established in 1991). The missions of the...

The Legionnaires' disease outbreak that occurred from November 2003 to January 2004 in the Lens region raised many questions due to its scale, geographic scope, and duration. Experts...

With an incidence rate of 10.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2002, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region ranks second in France (after Île-de-France) in terms of the incidence rate of...

The incidence of nosocomial bacteremia varies across studies from 0.27% to 4.9% of admissions, or 0.8 per 1,000 hospital days. Bacteremia is associated with an increased length of...

Podiatrists are members of the paramedical professions. Training lasts three years, and as of January 1, 2001, there were 9,059 podiatrists practicing in metropolitan France (source:...

In March 2002, the school district superintendent and the Haute-Saône Health Education Committee established a multidisciplinary working group bringing together school health services,...

To confirm the role of oysters from the Thau Lagoon in a number of outbreaks of foodborne illness, an epidemiological investigation was conducted into one such outbreak that occurred...

This article presents the methodology and results of various investigations conducted by the Aveyron Departmental Directorate for Social Affairs (DDASS), in collaboration with the CIRE...

This article describes the methods and results of a study conducted in late 2001 and early 2002 among all patients at the Béziers Hemodialysis Unit, during which 22 new cases of...

During a screening campaign in a community in March 2002—where a case of tuberculosis had previously been diagnosed every year—13 cases of tuberculosis were identified, 2 of which were...