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Surveillance of invasive meningococcal infections in mainland France in 2005. Quantitative assessment using the three-source capture-recapture method
In France, the incidence of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is assessed through the mandatory reporting system (MRS). The completeness of the system is regularly evaluated using...
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Surveillance of Blood-Exposure Incidents in French Healthcare Facilities in 2006 - Results
Under the auspices of the Network for the Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (Raisin) and in collaboration with the Study Group on Healthcare Workers’ Risk...
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Modeling the Impact of Vaccination on the Epidemiology of Chickenpox and Shingles
Introduction: While widespread infant vaccination with the upcoming MMR-chickenpox combination vaccine is expected to reduce the incidence of the disease, it could be accompanied by a...
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Mathematical modeling: a decision-making tool in situations of uncertainty. Summary prepared in connection with the development at the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance of three projects on modeling the impact of vaccinations against chicken
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C in France in 2004. December 2006
Background: In France, the first prevalence survey of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was conducted in 1994. Regarding the hepatitis B virus (HBV), prevalence studies of markers for...
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Surveillance of Blood-Exposure Incidents in French Healthcare Facilities, 2003
Under the auspices of the Network for Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (Raisin) and in collaboration with the Study Group on Healthcare Workers’ Risk of...
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Estimates of the prevalence rates of anti-HCV antibodies and hepatitis B virus markers among individuals covered by the general social security system in metropolitan France, 2003–2004. Descriptive analysis, 2005
A prevalence survey of serum markers for hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) infections was conducted from 2003 to 2004 using a national sample of individuals covered by the general health...
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Preparing for an influenza pandemic. Estimating the impact of an influenza pandemic and analyzing strategies
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Assessment of the completeness of mandatory tuberculosis reporting in Limousin
National surveillance of tuberculosis cases is based on the mandatory reporting system (MR). In 1992–1993, an estimate of the completeness of mandatory reporting for this disease was...
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Estimation of vaccination coverage in the private sector based on a sample of general practitioners’ patients in France, 2004–2009
Currently, vaccination coverage among young children is estimated based on 24-month health certificates. While this data source provides satisfactory estimates, it remains slow to...
