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Outbreak of gastroenteritis linked to contamination of the drinking water distribution system in the municipality of Divonne-les-Bains, Ain (01). August–September 2003
In early September 2003, following reports to health authorities of an increase in cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in a municipality in the Ain department, and of an anomaly in...
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Breast cancer screening: What do we know today about the expected benefits?
This document follows a series of articles published in several French newspapers and journals during the first half of 2006 that questioned the benefits of breast cancer screening....
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Recent cases of acute hepatitis C among HIV-positive gay men in the Ile-de-France region between 2001 and 2004
In March 2004, an infectious diseases department and a hepatology department in Paris reported to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) the recent occurrence of...
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Time Series and Regression Models: Applications to the Analysis of Short-Term Associations Between Air Pollution and Health
This guide will first address the definition of a time series and the analysis of its various components using examples (Chapter 2). Later in this chapter, we will introduce the...
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Mandatory reporting of acute hepatitis B: results from the first year of surveillance, France, March 1, 2003 – April 1, 2004
The authors present here cases of symptomatic acute hepatitis B reported between March 1, 2003, and March 1, 2004. These are the initial results of the implementation of a new...
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Genetic diversity of a rare genotype of the hepatitis A virus
Objective of the study. - Hepatitis A virus (HAV) genotype II is rarely isolated. Between 2002 and 2007, the National HAV Reference Center, as part of its surveillance program,...
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Recommendations for the Surveillance and Control of Animal and Human Anthrax. Methodological Guide
The persistence of animal anthrax outbreaks linked to a terrestrial reservoir—which cannot be eradicated despite the preventive health measures implemented—means that the risk of...
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Report of the InVS/Afsse Task Force on Poison Control Centers and Pharmacovigilance Centers. Proposals for the Organization of Pharmacovigilance. September 2003
Decrees No. 96-833 of September 17, 1996 (on the missions and resources of Poison Control Centers) and No. 99-841 of September 28, 1999 (on the organization of toxicovigilance) failed...
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic. Estimating the impact of an influenza pandemic and analyzing strategies
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic. Estimating the weekly number of hospital admissions and hospital days during an influenza pandemic
As part of the effort to combat influenza pandemics, we conducted an initial study to estimate the epidemiological impact that an influenza pandemic might have in terms of expected...
