Assuming a reduction in the risk of viral transmission, the first official recommendations on antiretroviral prophylaxis following occupational HIV exposure among healthcare workers were...

Leptospirosis, an acute infectious disease caused by a spirochete of the genus Leptospira following a 10-day incubation period, has not been a reportable disease since 1986. Current...

In November 2000, the National Legionella Reference Center (CNR) identified seven strains of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 that had been submitted by the bacteriology laboratory at...

Since 1987, the surveillance of Legionnaires' disease in France has been based on a mandatory reporting system. Enhanced collaboration with the Legionella Reference Center (CNR)...

In mid-July 2001, the Rhône Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) was alerted by the successive reporting of three cases of Legionnaires’ disease among...

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) is defined by the triad of sudden onset of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and acute kidney injury. HUS is the leading cause of acute...

This article presents the status of AIDS in France as of March 31, 2002. These surveillance data on AIDS cases were compiled for cases diagnosed through December 31, 2001, based on...

The national surveillance network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and related diseases (Gertsmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome and fatal familial insomnia) aims to detect all cases...

Invasive meningococcal infections (IMIs) are among the diseases that must be reported to health authorities. Initially, all suspected cases must be reported without delay to the...

This notice from the DGS and the InVS provides the new definition of cases of invasive meningococcal disease that must be reported immediately to health authorities and require the...