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Evaluation of the 2002 Campaign to Distribute Stable Iodine Tablets to Residents Living Near the Gravelines Nuclear Power Plant, February 2003
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....
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Syphilis Surveillance in France, 2000–2002
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...
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Surveillance of Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS). October 2001–December 2002. Results and Evaluation
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...
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Health consequences of the explosion at the AZF factory in Toulouse on September 21, 2001. Consequences of environmental exposure
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...
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Toxic risks associated with exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls. Study of the fire at the Vénizel paper mill. Response procedures, medical monitoring system, risk assessment
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...
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Outbreak of Fasciola hepatica fluke infection in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Spring 2002
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, most...
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Outbreak of Cryptosporidium gastroenteritis. Dracy-le-Fort, Saône-et-Loire (71), September 2001
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...
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Outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis in nursing homes. Languedoc-Roussillon region. February–March 2006
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Investigation of a cluster of cases of the new influenza A (H1N1) 2009 at a vacation center, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, July 2009
On July 28, 2009, a cluster of influenza cases at a vacation center in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region was reported to the InVS regional office in the South. An epidemiological and...
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Investigation of an outbreak of viral gastroenteritis at a nursing home. Var Department, April–May 2007
In May 2007, several cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) were reported among residents and staff at a nursing home for dependent elderly individuals (Ehpad) to the health authorities in...
