In May 2002, a general practitioner in the town of Vauhallan (Essonne) reported to the DDASS the occurrence of two cases of leukemia, three months apart, in two children of the same...

Following various indications suggesting an increase in leptospirosis cases in mainland France, particularly in the Dordogne, enhanced surveillance for this disease was implemented by...

Measles surveillance in France—a disease subject to mandatory reporting from 1945 to 1985—has been conducted since 1985 by the Sentinelles network, established by Inserm U444, based on...

Since 1992, French law has required the preventive distribution of stable iodine tablets in areas defined by specific emergency response plans (PPI) around nuclear power plants....

Although the requirement to report sexually transmitted diseases was abolished (July 2000), the resurgence of syphilis in late 2001 led to the establishment of a surveillance network...

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is a viral infection that presents as a painful flu-like syndrome accompanied by signs of kidney failure, with a generally favorable prognosis....

The explosion that occurred in Toulouse on September 21, 2001, at the AZF site is one of the most significant industrial accidents of recent decades, due to the force of the blast and...

During the night of June 18, 2001, a fire broke out at a paper mill in the Aisne department, which housed electrical transformers containing pyralene. Since rescue workers and the...

Fasciola hepatica fluke infection is a parasitic disease whose primary reservoirs are ruminants. The infection is acquired through the ingestion of contaminated semi-aquatic plants,...

On September 20, 2001, the Saône-et-Loire Departmental Directorate for Social Affairs (DDASS) was alerted by a call from SOS Médecin in Chalon-sur-Saône regarding a suspected case of...