Introduction - This study presents an epidemiological overview of leptospirosis in French Polynesia (FP) from 2006 to 2008. Method - Clinical data obtained from the PMSI and clinical...

This article presents the characteristics of tuberculosis cases and their management in French Polynesia (FP) in 2008, and compares them with annual data since 2000. In 2008, the 48...

Since surveillance was strengthened in 1997, the number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease has continued to rise. This increase reflects efforts to improve case detection and...

Travelers, regardless of their destination or travel conditions, often experience health problems. It should be noted that infectious causes of death or serious illness are rare, largely...

The reporting of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), established by Decree No. 2001-671 of July 26, 2001, has been integrated into the public health alert system with the aim of...

Introduction - An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) occurs every winter in France and accounts for 700,000 to 3.7 million visits to primary care physicians. Here we present an...

Between 2006 and 2008, 3,127 outbreaks of foodborne illness were reported to health authorities in France. These outbreaks affected 33,404 people, of whom 2,302 were hospitalized and 15...

Introduction - For more than twenty years, the annual incidence rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has ranged between 1 and 2 cases per 105 inhabitants. Methods -...

Since 2006, surveillance data have shown a decline in the incidence of Legionnaires' disease in France. This trend was confirmed in 2009, with 1,206 cases reported, corresponding to an...