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Yellow Fever in French Guiana: An Ever-Present Threat
Last described in 1902, yellow fever (YF) was considered to have been eradicated from French Guiana until 1998. No indigenous cases of YF have been reported in French Guiana since that...
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Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Paris in June and July 1998. Update as of August 14, 1998
From June 29 to July 1, 1998, four cases of Legionnaires' disease, including one death, were reported to the National Public Health Network (RNSP) through the mandatory reporting...
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General Practitioners and the AIDS Epidemic: Results of a Survey of 415 General Practitioners in Lorraine
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Establishment of a registry: the example of the Rhône-Alpes Birth Defects Registry (Remera).
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Trends in Stroke Incidence Rates in Dijon, France, 1985–2004
Introduction - Strokes represent a major public health problem exacerbated by an aging population. The existence in Dijon of the only French population-based registry dedicated to...
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HIV Testing Rates Among the General Adult Population in the French West Indies and French Guiana in 2004 and a Comparison with the Population in Metropolitan France.
The aim of this article is to analyze HIV testing behaviors among populations living in the French departments of the Americas (DFA) (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana) and to...
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Nosocomial influenza among adults at Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon (France), during the 2004–2005, 2005–2006, and 2006–2007 winters
Introduction - Influenza is an infection that can be nosocomial in origin, but nosocomial transmission is poorly documented, particularly in short-stay settings. A study was conducted...
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Pneumococcal carriage in early childhood care facilities in the Alpes-Maritimes and Nord departments, France, 1999–2006
Introduction: Children attending daycare centers—now referred to as early childhood care facilities—serve as a reservoir of pneumococci (SP) for the community, justifying an...
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Box 2: Impact of management measures for glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) on the organization of a general hospital.
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Control of Outbreaks of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci at Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris: Three Years of Experience, 2004–2007.
Introduction - Beginning in August 2004, hospitals within the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) system faced repeated outbreaks of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus...
