[Not Available].

Introduction: In the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, the monitoring of epidemiological surveillance indicators is a central issue.

Objective: We were able to describe the monitoring of the epidemic of hospitalized patients in the department of Alpes-Maritimes from three data sources: 1) Santé Publique France (SPF) via the SI-VIC software, 2) the Regional Health Agency (ARS Paca) with conventional hospitalization or department critical care data taken from SI-VIC, adjusting them to those of the Health Establishments (ES), 3) The ES of Alpes-Maritimes associated with the ARS of Alpes-Maritimes and the Department of Public Health (DSP) of the CHU, with the collection of patients hospitalized in the conventional sector or in critical/intensive care in the dedicated COVID-19 beds. The aim of this study was to verify the consistency of these three information systems.

Obstetric management does not influence vertical transmission of HCV infection: results of the ALHICE group study.

Objective: To investigate the impact of variation in obstetric practice during labor and childbirth upon the rate of neonatal transmission of HCV.

Methods: Pregnant mothers were included in this prospective study from six hospitals in Southern France on the basis of positive HCV serology. Data recorded for the study included maternal factors, delivery details and laboratory data concerning mother and child.

Investigating the completeness of a histopathological cancer registry: estimation by capture-recapture analysis in a French geographical unit Alpes-Maritimes, 2008.

Introduction: Cancer population studies require reliable and complete baseline data, which should theoretically be available by collecting histopathology records. The completeness of such a collection was evaluated using capture-recapture analysis based on three data sources concerning breast and colorectal cancers over an identical period and within the same geographical area.

Method: The total number of breast and colon cancer cases was estimated using capture-recapture analysis based on the number of cases which were common or not between sources recording screened, diagnosed and treated cancers in the French Alpes Maritimes district.

Fatigue in irritable bowel syndrome: characterization and putative role of leptin.

Objectives: Fatigue has received little attention in the irritable bowel syndrome. Emerging evidence exists that leptin may be involved in the pathogenesis of fatigue in several conditions. We aimed to evaluate the occurrence of fatigue and its characteristics in irritable bowel syndrome and to analyze the relationship between fatigue and leptin.