title: [Infectious diseases outbreaks in French overseas territories: when the circumstances are right...].
abstract: Emerging infectious diseases have become a major preoccupation over the past 30 years, possibly owing to the way in which we treat our environment. The current world situation, with its overcrowding, socio-political instability, and increased mobility, offers extremely favourable circumstances for the emergence and rapid spread of microbial pathogens through human populations. The HIV/AIDS pandemic and its impact on Africa is used to illustrate these risks.
authors.affiliation: Département de Géographie, Université Paris 12-Val de Marne, 61 av. du Gl. de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil cédex.
authors.forename: Jeanne-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Amat-Roze
mesh_terms: D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics