@article{fdi:010053030, title = {{P}athocenosis : a holistic approach to disease ecology}, author = {{G}onzalez, {J}ean-{P}aul and {G}uiserix, {M}. and {S}auvage, {F}. and {G}uitton, {J}. {S}. and {V}idal, {P}. and {B}ahi-{J}aber, {N}. and {L}ouzir, {H}. and {P}ontier, {D}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he {H}istory of medicine describes the emergence and recognition of infectious diseases, and human attempts to stem them. {I}t also throws light on the role of changing environmental conditions on disease emergence/re-emergence, establishment and, sometimes, disappearance. {H}owever, 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 {M}irko {G}rmek, an historian of medicine, conceptualized with the word "pathocenosis". {T}he 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.}, keywords = {pathocenosis ; emergence ; infectious diseases}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}cohealth}, volume = {7}, numero = {2}, pages = {237--241}, ISSN = {1612-9202}, year = {2010}, DOI = {10.1007/s10393-010-0326-x}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053030}, }