These recommendations were developed by the Committee on Travel-Related and Imported Diseases and approved by the French High Council for Public Health at its meeting on May 14, 2004....

In New Caledonia, the number of HIV/AIDS cases diagnosed since 1986 stood at 260 as of August 2003, out of an estimated population of 215,000, comprising 44% Kanaks, 34% Europeans, 12%...

The Strasbourg International Vaccination and Travel Advisory Center sees approximately 7,000 people each year, 4,500 of whom come for a yellow fever vaccination. During a consultation,...

In France, the association Sida Info Service (SIS) has developed VIH Info Soignants (VIS), a service designed to listen to, inform, guide, and support healthcare workers (HCWs) dealing...

The ANRS-EN13-Vespa survey conducted in the Antilles-Guyana region provides an overview of the situation of people living with HIV who have been diagnosed and are receiving care across...

Group B Streptococcus (GBS), or Streptococcus agalactiae, is the leading cause of early neonatal infections in infants. As part of prenatal prevention of this infection risk, the...

Since 1996 and the introduction of so-called highly active antiretroviral therapies, AIDS-related mortality has declined sharply. Current concerns regarding the management of human...

Heat places a strain on the body, and prolonged exposure to heat leads to deaths, primarily among the elderly. The individual then dies because their natural defenses are overwhelmed and...

Hepatitis E virus (HEV), which is transmitted via the fecal-oral route, causes acute hepatitis that is clinically indistinguishable from other forms of acute viral hepatitis. The...