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Emerging diseases

Zika AIDS, Chikungunya ... Understanding these infections and everyday prevention

by Jean-Philippe Braly (author), Yazdan Yazdanpanah (author), Yves Lévy (contributions)
Collection: Hors collection
november 2016

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Summary

DOI : 10.35690/978-2-7592-2521-7

Zika, A/H1N1 influenza, Chikungunya, SARS, Ebola ... We are being hit hard by the emergence or reemergence of a great many infectious diseases. What is the cause of this phenomenon? Could our modern lifestyle have something to do with it? In the light of the major epidemics that humanity has faced to date, what should we be preparing for in the future? What weapons do we have to protect ourselves? What is research doing?

This book provides clear answers to many very specific questions, validated by renowned infectious disease specialists and written in an accessible style.

Table of contents

Remerciements

Préface

Une lame de fond

 

L’émergence : un concept invasif

Le principe de la Reine Rouge

De nouvelles maladies explosives

Des maladies qui conquièrent de nouvelles zones

D’anciennes maladies qui ressurgissent

 

Une responsabilité partagée

La virulence ne fait pas tout

30 millions d’amis ?

Toujours plus nombreux, urbains... et mobiles

Quand la nature se rebelle

Des pratiques médicales à risque

 

Ce qui nous guette...

Le spectre d’une grippe espagnole des temps modernes

Des moustiques en coulisses

La France en proie à des bactéries invincibles

Des virus cancérigènes

Des avancées sur le front du sida

 

Quelles armes pour nous protéger ?

Surveillance renforcée... et réactivité !

Mieux diagnostiquer

Miser sur la prévention

L’espoir de nouveaux vaccins

Guérir du VIH : un rêve accessible ?

L’urgence de nouveaux traitements

 

Un futur infectieux mais ambitieux

Yazdan Yazdanpanah, de Chiraz à Bichat

 

Bibliographie

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Features

Language(s): French

Publisher: Éditions Quae

Edition: 1st edition

Collection: Hors collection

Published: 4 november 2016

EAN13 eBook [PDF]: 9782759225217

EAN13 eBook [ePub]: 9782759225224

DOI eBook [PDF] : 10.35690/978-2-7592-2521-7

Pages count eBook [PDF]: 160

Interior: Two-colour

Reference eBook [PDF]: 02549NUM

Reference eBook [ePub]: 02549EPB

Size: 929 KB (PDF), 895 KB (ePub)

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