Do transferred patients really have more serious conditions and are they at greater risk of developing a healthcare-associated infection? To answer these questions, data from four annual...

In order to develop and improve patient care, the Ministry of Health supported, between 1995 and 1996, the creation of "Hepatitis C" reference centers, 30 of which are...

Since the start of the epidemic, 42,262 cases of AIDS (41,618 adults and 644 children) had been recorded as of June 30, 1996. Of these cases, 62.3% are known to have died. The total...

On October 10, 1997, the Public Health Inspector from the Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques reported a case of Legionnaires' disease...

Legionellosis is transmitted through the inhalation of water aerosols contaminated with various species of Legionella. These bacteria are often found in man-made water systems, and their...

In 1994, 365 cases of meningococcal meningitis or meningococcemia were reported via Minitel to the Directorate General of Health. At the same time, the detailed reporting form (mandatory...

The Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin reproduces an excerpt from an article published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record (No. 36, September 5, 1997) on the global malaria situation in...

Nine urban areas in Western Europe (Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Cologne, Helsinki, London, Lyon, Milan, Paris, and Rotterdam)—which differ in terms of sociodemographic characteristics,...

As part of the surveillance of the AIDS epidemic, the criteria used in France to classify AIDS cases under the "heterosexual transmission" category were revised on January 1, 1996, and...

These recommendations were developed by the "Travel Health" working group and approved by the French High Council for Public Health at its meeting on April 6, 1995. They address malaria...