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Determinants of Daily Attendances in Emergency Departments for Asthma in the Paris Area
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In June 2004, the French syndromic surveillance system based on the ED has been implemented by the French institute for public health surveillance (InVS), starting with 23 ED. In August 2014, about 600 ED (40,000 daily attendances) are included in… read more -
Chikungunya Epidemic in the French Overseas Territories using Syndromic Surveillance
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In December 2013, an emergence of chikungunya was observed in the French Caribbean region. Starting on the Saint-Martin island, the epidemic of chikungunya spread in Martinique on December 2013. The first cases were then observed in Guadeloupe in… read more -
Impact Assessment of a Terrorist Attack Using Syndromic Surveillance, France, 2015
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Since the terrorist attacks against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, France has activated the highest level of its national anti-terrorist security plan. A new terrorist attack occurred the 26th of June at 9:50 AM in a gas… read more -
Impact of the 2015 July Heat Waves in France on Heat-Related Causes
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Two major heat waves occurred in France in July 2015. A first episode characterized by early onset, intensity, large geographical coverage and duration occurred between 29th of June 8th of July. A second episode less intense was localized on the… read more -
The French Emergency Department OSCOUR Network: Evaluation After a 10-year Existence
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After the major impact of the 2003 heat wave, France needed a reactive, permanent and national surveillance system enabling to detect and to follow-up various public health events all over the territory including overseas. In June 2004, the French… read more -
Are the French SAMU data relevant for health surveillance?
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The syndromic surveillance SurSaUD® system developed by Sante© publique France, the French National Public Health Agency collects daily data from 4 data sources: emergency departments (OSCOUR® ED network), emergency general practioners (SOS Medecins… read more -
Increase of Scarlet fever in March 2017 in France: right or wrong signal?
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Since 2004, the French syndromic surveillance system SurSaUD® coordinated by the French Public Health Agency (Sante publique France) daily collects morbidity data from two data sources: the emergency departments (ED) network Oscour® and the… read more -
Impact assessment of mass gatherings using labelling procedure in ED, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 2016
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The massive flow of people to mass gathering events, such as festivals or sports events like EURO 2016, may increase public health risks. In the particular context of several terrorist attacks that took place in France in 2015, the French national… read more