Infection with the hepatitis delta virus (HDV), a satellite virus of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), is considered the most severe form of acute or chronic viral hepatitis. It is...

The consequences of excessive alcohol consumption remain a major public health problem in France. Their human and economic costs are considerable. They result in numerous...

In France, very few epidemiological studies have been conducted on cirrhosis. To investigate the use of hospital care for cirrhosis, we included all patients with cirrhosis caused by...

Introduction: In France, the implementation of a simplified nutritional information system based on the nutritional quality score developed in the United Kingdom by the Food Standards...

Objectives: To estimate the screening activity for hepatitis C (anti-HCV antibodies (Ac)) and hepatitis B ( (HBsAg)) in 2013 in clinical laboratories (LABM), at the national and regional...

The objective was to describe the attitudes and psychosocial determinants of hepatitis B vaccination among parents of children aged 1 to 16. A repeated-measure online survey of...

Introduction: The rise in the unemployment rate that accompanied the 2008 economic crisis has been linked in France to an increase in the suicide rate. The objective of this study was to...

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was identified in September 2012. Clinical presentations are primarily respiratory infections of varying severity that can...

Background: We present an analysis of short-term associations between PM10 and mortality by cause, age group, and season in 17 cities in metropolitan France. Methods: Associations...