Most childhood disabilities are permanent and lead to “lifelong” limitations in activity and restrictions on participation. It is important to better understand and monitor trends over...

Introduction - The objective of the Serac study was to describe long-term disabilities in severely traumatized children admitted to the intensive care unit following a traffic accident. ...

Approximately 10,000 children are born extremely premature each year in France. Improvements in the survival rates of these children have made it necessary to assess their long-term...

Key points: - Approximately 13,000 invasive infections caused by these six bacteria in France in 2003, 60% of which were caused by S. pneumoniae. - Stability in invasive infections...

How do you get others to accept you when you’re different? How do you make friends as a child or teenager when you don’t look like everyone else? The film *Wonder* starts with an extreme...

Congenital toxoplasmosis is potentially fatal for the fetus. During pregnancy, a mother can become infected by eating undercooked meat containing parasites (cysts), poorly washed raw...

The prevalence of maternal and congenital CMV infections is poorly documented in France. Between November 2004 and January 2005, a prospective national survey was conducted to estimate...

Introduction - The national program for the prevention of congenital toxoplasmosis has been in place in France since 1978, but no data are available on the annual number of cases. To...

This study does not identify any new risk factors, but it confirms that Toxoplasma transmission continues to occur among non-immune pregnant women through two main routes: consumption of...