This study aims to analyze the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 238 cases of pediatric AIDS (children under the age of 15) and to identify, based on mother-to-child...

The comparative rates calculated for the general population confirm the trend observed in the number of suicides over the past decade; a decline from 1985 to 1991 (with the rate falling...

On Friday, October 25, 1996, the physicians in charge of the Avisos stationed in the port of Brest simultaneously treated three sailors from the same vessel. They presented with general...

In France, during 1994, seven cases were reported in the vicinity of Roissy Airport: six during the summer, and the seventh was not diagnosed until December... Airport-related malaria...

The Pasteur Institute’s National Reference Center for Salmonella compiles and coordinates all results concerning Salmonella of non-human origin. Nearly 300 "field" laboratories (public...

Urine cytological and bacteriological testing is the primary microbiological service provided by private medical testing laboratories. The study conducted in 1995 confirms the growing...

Alcohol is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in France, although its consumption has been declining for 40 years. With 13 million regular consumers, France was the...

Since the start of the epidemic, 36,982 cases of AIDS had been recorded as of June 30, 1995. Of these cases, 60.8% are known to have died. The total number of AIDS cases since the start...

Objectives: To assess the relative risk of causing a fatal accident (or dying without being at fault) for drivers under the influence of narcotics (cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine,...