Search ( 3940 results )
- article
(Updated on )
Meningococcal Infections in France in 2001
Invasive meningococcal infections (IMIs) are notifiable diseases. This article presents the results of a descriptive analysis of data collected for the year 2001. The incidence rate of...
- article
(Updated on )
Factors Influencing Influenza Vaccination Among Staff at Two French Hospitals in 2004
Flu vaccination is recommended for vulnerable individuals and, since 1999 in France, for healthcare workers to protect patients, as staff can play a significant role in the spread of the...
- article
(Updated on )
Meningococcal Infections in France in 1997
Reporting meningococcal infections allows for the early implementation of preventive measures among contacts of confirmed cases. It also aims to determine the frequency, trends, and key...
- article
(Updated on )
Cases of tuberculosis reported in France in 2004
Tuberculosis is a preventable infectious disease whose impact on public health is growing worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that if the disease is not brought under...
- article
(Updated on )
Evaluation of the Quality of a Surveillance Network for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Ile-de-France Region in 2001–2002 (Azay-Mycobacteria Network)
Surveillance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to antituberculosis drugs in France has been conducted since 1995 by a group of microbiologists from university hospitals, the...
- article
(Updated on )
Invasive meningococcal infections in France in 2004
Invasive meningococcal infections (IMI) are serious infections that most commonly affect young people. In France, the majority of cases occur sporadically. Surveillance of IIM is one of...
- article
(Updated on )
Preliminary Assessment of Strategies for Controlling an Influenza Pandemic
During the 20th century, there were three pandemics, the most recent of which occurred in 1968. Pandemics are caused by the circulation of a new influenza virus and are accompanied by a...
- article
(Updated on )
Estimate of the total number of cases of pneumococcal meningitis in children, using the three-source capture-recapture method, France, 2001–2002.
Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common causes of bacterial meningitis in children under 2 years of age. These infections are associated with high mortality and morbidity...
- article
(Updated on )
Distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in genital lesions in France. EDiTH Studies
Here we present a summary of the results from the recently published EDiTH studies, which analyze the distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes in invasive cancers, high-grade...
- article
(Updated on )
Perceptions of Hepatitis B and Its Prevention: Initial Findings from a Qualitative Study.