Two outbreaks of Salmonella enteritidis phage type 8 linked to the consumption of Cantal cheese made with raw milk, France, 2001.

Salmonelloses are one are the main causes of foodborne infections in industrialised countries. In France, the incidence of human salmonellosis recorded by the National Reference Centre for Salmonella and Shigella (CNRSS) in 2001 was 21 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and Salmonella serotype Enteritidis represented 39% of cases (1). This article reports the investigation results of two community outbreaks of salmonellosis that occurred simultaneously in the south west of France, and which were linked to the consumption of cheese made from raw milk.

[Epidemiological surveillance of grippe and dengue. Réunion, 1996]. / Surveillance épidémiologique de la grippe et de la dengue. La Réunion, 1996.

The local Welfare and Health Authorities together with the country council of Reunion Island set up a medical supervision network for influenza and dengue fever in March 1996. Influenza of which the spreading over the island has never been well-researched is anticipated by a vaccination campaign organised in an empirical way after a model from the mother country (France). Dengue fever of which one of the vectors is omnipresent on the island ranged in an epidemic way in 1978. The aim of this network based on watching doctors, the laboratories of the island as well as the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar, is to adapt the prevention (Flu) and alert the Health Authorities in case of epidemic (Dengue). The article shows the results of 1996 observation and touches on the future of this type of supervision in a tropical environment.