Foreword by Frédéric 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 diseases
Muriel Figuié
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
François 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
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