To examine the incidence rates (IR) of HIV-associated tuberculosis in France, we selected 72,580 patients followed between January 1, 1997, and December 31, 2008, from the French...

Introduction - The most common route of HIV transmission in children is mother-to-child transmission. The objective of our study was to estimate the number of new HIV diagnoses among...

Introduction - AIDS surveillance in France relies on mandatory reporting (MR), the completeness of which had not been assessed since the early 1990s. The objective of this study is to...

The data presented here pertain to cases of active tuberculosis reported in 2008 under the mandatory tuberculosis reporting system. In 2008, there were 5,758 reported cases of active...

International surveillance is a process for the early detection and validation of alerts regarding public health events of international significance. This surveillance system,...

Influenza surveillance by the National Influenza Virus Reference Centers (CNR) has addressed various objectives depending on the epidemiological context. Initially, the CNRs established...

Introduction - Influenza surveillance is a major public health issue because it can have a significant impact on the population. In France, this surveillance is based on the Sentinelles...

At the request of the Directorate General for Health, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance has on several occasions produced estimates of the potential impact of an...

Background - Pertussis in infants remains a problem in France, where vaccination recommendations—particularly those targeting parents—are rarely followed. Objectives and methods - In...