France

Pandemic Flu Plan

Governmental plan for the prevention and control "Influenza pandemic"

Le plan de lutte contre une pandémie

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Official Information

Ministère de la santé, de la Jeunesse et des Sports

Grippe A/H1N1

grippeaviaire.gouv.fr

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H1N1 Human Data

At least 4,585 laboratory confirmed cases.

103 people have died:

Mainland (76): a 14 year old girl in Brest; an 11 month old baby in Paris; a 56 year old woman;
French Polynesia (7): two women; a baby.
Guadeloupe (1)
Guyana (1)
Martinique (1): an 18 month old girl.
Mayotte (2)
New Caledonia (9): an 8 year old girl; a 58 year old woman; a 27 year old man; a a 30 year old man; a 46 year old woman.
Reunion (6)

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H5N1 Human Data

No human cases reported.

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H5N1 Animal Data

February - April 2006; Ain; turkeys, mute swans; wild ducks, common pochard (Aythya ferina), geese, buzzard, tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), heron
OIE

June - August 2007; Moselle; swans
OIE | CIDRAP

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Science

Levy-Bruhl and Vaux (2009) Modified surveillance of influenza A(H1N1)v virus infections in France. Euro Surveill.14: pii: 19276.

Jeannot et al. (2009) Premiers cas de transmission secondaire en France du nouveau virus grippal d’origine porcine A(H1N1)v. Med Mal Infect. Jul 23.

Guinard et al. (2009) Outbreak of influenza A(H1N1)v without travel history in a school in the Toulouse district, France, June 2009Euro Surveill. 14: pii: 1926.

D'Ortenzio et al. (2009) Enhanced influenza surveillance on Réunion Island (southern hemisphere) in the context of the emergence of influenza A(H1N1)v. Euro Surveill. 14:19239.

(2009) New influenza A(H1N1) virus infections in France, April - May 2009. Euro Surveill. 14: pii: 19221

Gall-Reculé et al. (2008) Double introduction of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus into France in early 2006. Avian Pathol. 37:15-23.

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News

Two deaths in France from mutated H1N1
9News, November 28, 2009