Jean-François Guégan talks about the consequences of climate change on the infectious risk for human populations. He shows that temperature and pluviometry fluctuations are linked to the activity of

What are international legal instruments to fight against infectious diseases. Stephan Pozdzioch presents regulations and legal texts : legal documents of the WHO, the World Health Organization and

Bernard Swynghedauw proposes an overview of the new medical landscape, marked by the emergence of several risks and diseases. He especially explores the age, the infectious risk and the immune risk,

Bernard Swynghedauw proposes an overview of the epidemiological transitions over the last centuries, with a decrease of the mortality linked to the infections, and an increase of the mortality linked

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Questions about pandemics and vaccinations. Associated presentations : Ecole Européenne d'été 2009 VA - Public health and infectious diseases Ecole Européenne d'été 2009 VA - Ethics and the

An epidemic of childbed fever (i.e., puerperal fever) arose in Aberdeen, Scotland between 1789-1792. Alexander Gordon (1752-1799), a physician for the Aberdeen Public Dispensary, treated many of the

Pneumonia is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases worldwide, whose main cause is the pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. This is an opportunistic disease affecting the most to sensitive

IRD mini online conference: Biodiversity loss and the emergence of infectious diseases  In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic linked to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Benjamin Roche, a biologist at

Bacterial pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Antibiotics constitute the standard of care but are faced with the emergence of antimicrobial resistance and the curative

Stretching comparisons : African field in French vaccination schedule (1970-1990) During the second half part of the twentieth century, epidemiologists of vaccines and infectious diseases had

GENTREE Final Conference : Devrim SEMIZER-CUMING - Forest Research Institute Freiburg · Germany   GENTREE Final Conference 'Genetics to the rescue - managing forests sustainably in a