Emergence of Infectious Diseases : Risks and Issues for Societies.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword by Fr�ed�eric Keck, Anthropologist, CNRS -- Introduction -- 1. Biogeography and the ecology of emerging infectious diseases. Serge Morand -- Characteristics of emerging infectious diseases -- Factors of emergence: climate change, biodiversity, land use and globalization -- Conclusion: Is the next plague certain? -- 2. From emergence to emergences - a focus on pandemic influenza. Nathalie Brender, Claude Gilbert -- WHO re-appropriation of the issue -- SARS, H5N1 and H1N1 - emergence catalysts -- An issue seeking owners - the French case -- 3. Future as a moving target United States, CBRN risk and the scenario planning method: 1995-2008. Patrick Zylberman -- Global setting -- Immediate setting -- Fortunes and misfortunes of triumphalism -- Bill Clinton and the CRBN risk -- George W. Bush - from prevention to preparedness -- Scenario planning and worst-case scenarios -- Stranglehold of fiction -- 4. Collective action in response to emerging zoonotic diseasesMuriel Figui�e -- Emerging zoonotic diseases - modern collective risks and collective action -- Motives and barriers to collaboration between individuals -- Challenges facing the expansion of collectives -- A new paradigm for animal health? -- Setting objectives for collective action against emerging zoonotic diseases -- 5. Surveillance of emerging diseases: challenges and contradictions. Fran�cois Roger -- Epidemiologic rupture or transition? -- What ever happened to the seventh pandemic? -- The Horseman on the Roof -- Black swans and perfect storms -- Surveillance at all costs? -- Broadening the battlefield -- References -- Acronyms -- Contributors.

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