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Measles Surveillance in France: Current Status and Progress Toward Elimination of the Disease
Although a safe, highly effective, and inexpensive vaccine is available, according to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO), measles affects more than 30 million children...
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Assessment of the relationship between policies to combat salmonella in poultry farms and the decline in the number of human salmonellosis cases in France
Salmonellosis is the most significant foodborne bacterial infection in terms of its impact on morbidity and mortality in humans. Surveillance of salmonellosis cases by the National...
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The 2003 Summer Heat Wave: Relationships Between Temperature, Air Pollution, and Mortality in Nine French Cities. Study Report
According to Météo-France, the summer of 2003 was the hottest in 53 years in terms of both maximum and, importantly, minimum temperatures. Furthermore, weather conditions contributed...
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Surveillance of nosocomial bacteremia in France. 2002 Results
This report presents the first national surveillance results for nosocomial bacteremia in France. In 2002, 268 healthcare facilities participated in the French surveillance network for...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in France, 1992–2002
A national surveillance network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) was established in France in the early 1990s with two objectives: to gain a better understanding of the incidence...
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The 2003 SARS outbreak in France. Report on the epidemiological management of SARS by the InVS
The SARS pandemic, which emerged in Asia in 2003, spread rapidly to thirty countries before subsiding within three months, thanks to drastic prevention and control measures. In France,...
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2002 Feasibility Study. The Labville Network for the Development of a National Electronic Surveillance System for Antibiotic Resistance Using Community Laboratories
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) aims to establish a sentinel network of private laboratory practitioners to continuously monitor antibiotic susceptibility in...
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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities in France. BMR-Raisin Network. 2009 Results
Controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in healthcare facilities has been a priority of the national program to combat nosocomial infections since the mid-1990s,...
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Exposure of the French Population to Environmental Chemicals. Volume 1. Overview of the Study. Metals and Metalloids
For the first time in France, the biological concentrations of several environmental chemicals have been measured in a representative sample of the population. The French Institute for...
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Exposure of the French population to environmental pollutants. Environmental component of the National Nutrition and Health Survey. Preliminary results
For the first time in France, the biological concentrations of several environmental chemicals have been measured in a representative sample of the population. The French Institute for...
