title: [Infectious diseases].
abstract: In 2008, several publications have highlighted the role of climate change and globalization on the epidemiology of infectious diseases. Studies have shown the extension towards Europe of diseases such as Crimea-Congo fever (Kosovo, Turkey and Bulgaria), leismaniosis (Cyprus) and chikungunya virus infection (Italy). The article also contains comments on Plasmodium knowlesi, a newly identified cause of severe malaria in humans, as well as an update on human transmission of the H5NI avian influenza virus. It also mentions new data on Bell's palsy as well as two vaccines (varicella-zoster and pneumococcus), and provides a list of recent guidelines for the treatment of common infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Service des maladies infectieuses, Département de médecine interne, CHUV, 1011I Lausanne.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapuis-Taillard
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Vallière
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Bochud
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000821:virology; D001717:Birds; D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D006801:Humans; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000635:transmission; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D019433:Chickenpox Vaccine; D022242:Pneumococcal Vaccines