France’s HIV testing policy is based on personal responsibility and voluntary testing. Anonymous and free HIV testing clinics (CDAG) were established in 1988 in every department,...

This editorial addresses human salmonellosis. These cases occur as sporadic infections, foodborne illness outbreaks, or community-wide epidemics. For certain serotypes, particularly...

On December 2, 1998, the National Public Health Network (RNSP) was informed by the National Reference Center for Salmonella and Shigella (CNRSS) of an increase, during the first half...

Since 1986, whooping cough has no longer been included on the list of reportable diseases. A pediatric hospital "sentinel" network (RENACOQ) was established in April 1996, following...

Due to an error in Table 1 of BEH 25/2000 (page 107), published on June 20, 2000, we are publishing here the corrected table, which supersedes the previous one.

Since April 1998, the hospital administration has conducted a quarterly survey on treatments for chronic hepatitis C initiated in approximately 100 hospital departments with...

Several recent epidemiological studies have demonstrated that urban air pollution has short-term effects on both mortality and morbidity, even at current ambient pollution levels....

Surveillance of Legionnaires' disease in France is primarily based on a mandatory reporting system. The system, which has been in place since 1987, was improved through various...

The RENARUB network, established in 1976, is the primary source of information on the epidemiological situation regarding rubella infections acquired during pregnancy and cases of...