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Pulmonary tuberculosis and mycobacterium tuberculosis : modern molecular epidemiology and perspectives / Sylvain Godreuil, Loubna Tazi, Anne-Laure Bañuls -- Diseases that threaten livestock / J. Blancou, P.-C. Lefévre -- HIV/AIDS infection in the world with a special focus on Africa / C. Laurent, M. Peeters, E. Delaporte -- Molecular-phylogenetic strategies for characterization of uncultured pathogens / Daniel N. Frank, Robert A. Feldman -- Molecular or immunological tools for efficient control of tuberculosis / J. L. Herrmann, P. H. Lagrange -- Understanding human leishmaniasis : the need for an integrated approach / M. Hide ... [et. al] -- Epidemics of plant diseases : mechanisms, dynamics and management / Serge Savary -- Malaria vaccines / Charles W. Todd ... [et. al] -- The SARS case study : an alarm clock? / Gabriel Turinici, Antoine Danchin -- Recombination and its role in the evolution of pathogenic microbes / Philip Awadalla, Xin-zhuan Su, Kate McGee -- Evolutionary history of the malaria parasites / Francisco J. Ayala -- Ecology of infectious diseases : an example with two vaccine-preventable infectious diseases / H. Broutin, N. Mantilla-Beniers, P. Rohani -- Influenza evolution / Robin M. Bush -- Experimental evolution of pathogens / Vaughn S. Cooper -- Evolution of antigenic variation / Steven A. Frank -- Hantavirus coevolution with their rodent hosts / Vincent Herbreteau ... [et.al] -- Phylogenetic methods for the analysis of parasites and pathogens / Jamie R. Stevens -- Parasites the manipulate their hosts / Frédéric Thomas ... [et. al] -- Human genetic diversity and the spread of infectious diseases / M. Tibayrenc -- Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics of pathogens / M. Tibayrenc -- The need for megatechnologies : massive sequencing, proteomics and bioinformatics / David G. Biron ... [et. al] -- Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases dynamics / M. Choisy, J.-F. Guégan, P. Rohani -- Using a geographic information system to spatially investigate infectious disease / A. Curits, J. K. Blackburn, Y. Sansyzbayev -- Vector control by surveillance networks : the ECLAT program and chagas / J.-P. Dujardin, C. J. Schofield -- Contributions of morphometrics to medical entomology / J.-P. Dujardin, D. E. Slice -- Surveillance of vector-borne diseases using remotely sensed data / D. E. Gorla -- Archaeological epidemiology of infectious diseases : fossil DNA / Felipe Guhl, Arthur Aufderheide -- Insights into structure and evolution of bacterial species that are revealed by molecular methods / P. Roumagnac ... [et. al] -- Exploring genetic relatedness, patterns of evolutionary descent, and the population genetics of bacterial pathogens using multilocus sequence typing / Brian G. Spratt, William P. Hanage, Christophe Fraser -- Topical debates evaluation of risks and benefits of consumption of antibiotics : from individual to public health / Fernando Baquero -- Epidemic diseases in the past : history, philosophy, and religious thought / D. Buchillet -- Fundamentals, domains, and diffusion of disease emergence : tools and strategies for a new paradigm / Jean-Paul J. Gonzalez ... [et. al] -- Epidemiology in a changing world : the need for a bigger picture! / J.-F. Guégan, G. Constantin de Magny -- Contributions of social anthropology to malaria control / Jaffré Yannick -- The neglected diseases and their economic determinants / Alvaro Moncayo, Mario Ortiz Yanine -- The challenge of bioterrorism / Stephen A. Morse -- Needs for an integrative approach of epidemics : the example of cholera / R. Piarroux, D. Bompangue -- Infectious diseases : market of the future? / Jan Verhoef, Ad Fluit -- Mobilizing the scientific community for the patient's benefit : at the crossroads of fundamental and applied science / K. Victoir -- Infectious diseases and arts / Pierre Vidal, Myrtille Tibayrenc, Jean-Paul Gonzalez.