Émergence de maladies infectieuses : Risques et enjeux de société

Abstract

SARS, avian flu, Ebola, Mers-Cov... Over the past few decades, infectious diseases have come under increasing scrutiny from scientists, risk managers, the media and the public. Why do infectious diseases keep emerging? And what are the challenges this situation poses? In five chapters, specialists from different scientific fields analyze the ecological, social, institutional and political dynamics associated with emerging infectious diseases. More than a multi-disciplinary overview, this book shows how concepts, scientific results and action plans of international and governmental agencies are constructed and respond to each other. In clear, accessible language, the book explores the continuities but also the reorganizations produced by the notion of emerging infectious disease, both in collective activity and in our relationship with the biological world. It also shows the challenges, but also the opportunities, seized by the players confronted with them. This book, with a preface by Frédéric Keck (anthropologist), includes contributions by Claude Gilbert and Nathalie Brender (political scientists), François Roger (veterinary epidemiologist) and Patrick Zylberman (health historian).