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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Pathocenosis: A holistic approach to disease ecology
EcoHealth, Volume 7, No. 2, Year 2010
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Description
The History of medicine describes the emergence and recognition of infectious diseases, and human attempts to stem them. It also throws light on the role of changing environmental conditions on disease emergence/re-emergence, establishment and, sometimes, disappearance. However, the dynamics of infectious diseases is also influenced by the relationships between the community of interacting infectious agents present at a given time in a given territory, a concept that Mirko Grmek, an historian of medicine, conceptualized with the word "pathocenosis". The spatial and temporal evolution of diseases, when observed at the appropriate scales, illustrates how a change in the pathocenosis, whether of "natural" or anthropic origin, can lead to the emergence and spread of diseases. © 2010 The Author(s).
Authors & Co-Authors
Gonzalez, J. P.
Gabon
International Centre for Scientific Researches
France, Paris
French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
France, Marseille
Ird Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement
Guiserix, Micheline
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Sauvage, Frank
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Guitton, Jean Sébastien
France, Paris
Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage
Vidal, Pierre
France, Nanterre
Université Paris Nanterre
Bahi-Jaber, Nargès
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Louzir, Hechmi
Tunisia, Tunis
Institut Pasteur de Tunis
Pontier, Dominique
France, Villeurbanne
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10393-010-0326-x
ISSN:
16129202
Research Areas
Health System And Policy