About the Authors

Loïc Josseran

l.josseran@invs.sante.fr

Affiliation Department of Alert Coordination and Regions, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint Maurice, France

Anne Fouillet

Affiliation Department of Alert Coordination and Regions, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint Maurice, France

Nadège Caillère

Affiliation Department of Alert Coordination and Regions, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint Maurice, France

Dominique Brun-Ney

Affiliation Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Danièle Ilef

Affiliation Department of Alert Coordination and Regions, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint Maurice, France

Gilles Brucker

Affiliation Groupement d'Intérêt Public (GIP) Esther, Paris, France

Helena Medeiros

Affiliation Department of Alert Coordination and Regions, French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, Saint Maurice, France

Pascal Astagneau

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Pierre and Marie Curie University School of Medicine, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJ AF NC DBN GB PA. Performed the experiments: LJ NC. Analyzed the data: LJ AF NC PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJ AF NC DBN DI GB PA. Wrote the paper: LJ AF DI GB HM PA. In charge of the regional data collection in Paris area: DBN.