[Emerging viral diseases].
Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases have again entered the public arena in recent years. This is due to factors such as evolving lifestyles, ecological and socio-political upheavals, and recent diagnostic advances. Numerous pathogens, including viruses like West Nile, Chikungunya and Japanese encephalitis on the one hand, and hemorrhagic fever viruses like Ebola and Maburg, are particular concerns. Recently, the Corona virus responsible for SARS, which caused an epidemic sufficiently worrisome to challenge crisis management concepts, was successfully isolated. It is in this context that so-called "bird flu'", may be on the verge of causing a human pandemic. Pox and Monkeypox are "virtually emerging" viruses that have potential for use in bioterrorism. The management and treatment of these emerging infectious diseases calls for new approaches, organizations and infrastructures.
Bricaire
François
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Service des Maladies infectieuses et tropicales - Groupe Hospitalier de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 bld de l'Hôpital, 75015 Paris.
Bossi
Philippe
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D000818:Animals; D023482:Bioterrorism; D001717:Birds; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000453:epidemiology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008379:Marburg Virus Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D045908:Mpox, Monkeypox / Q000453:epidemiology; D011213:Poxviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012899:Smallpox / Q000453:epidemiology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D014902:West Nile virus; D014944:World Health Organization