Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Infectious Diseases in Southeast Asia, 1st ed. 2015

This book pursues a multidisciplinary approach in order to evaluate the socio-ecological dimensions of infectious diseases in Southeast Asia. It includes 18 chapters written by respected researchers in the fields of history, sociology, ecology, epidemiology, veterinary sciences, medicine and the environmental sciences on six major topics: (1) Infectious diseases and societies, (2) Health, infectious diseases and socio-ecosystems; (3) Global changes, land use changes and vector-borne diseases; (4) Monitoring and data acquisition; (5) Managing health risks; and (6) Developing strategies. The book offers a valuable guide for students and researchers in the fields of development and environmental studies, animal and human health (veterinarians, physicians), ecology and conservation biology, especially those with a focus on Southeast Asia.

Chapter 1: Introduction to socio-ecological dimensions of infectious diseases and health in Southeast Asia..- Part 1: Infectious Diseases and Societies.- Chapter 2: Climate, environment and epidemic febrile diseases: A view from Chinese medicine.- Chapter 3: Long life of people living with HIV/AIDS and the practice of medical power.- Chapter 4: Socio-environmental global changes and infectious diseases: Interdisciplinary approach applied to tourism studies.- Part 2: Socio-Ecosystems and Health.- Chapter 5: Heavy metals contamination in the ecosystem of Mae Tang reservoir in Northern Thailand.- Chapter 6: Water and health: What is the risk and visible burden of the exposure to environmental contaminations? Insights from a questionnaire-based survey in Northern Thailand.- Chapter 7: Melioidosis in Laos.- Part 3: Global Changes, Land Use Changes and Vector-Borne Diseases.- Chapter 8: Adaptation of mosquito vectors to salinity and its impact on mosquito-borne disease transmission in the South and Southeast Asian tropics.- Chapter 9: The malaria landscape: Mosquitoes, transmission, landscape, insecticide resistance and integrated control in Thailand.- Chapter 10: Rubber plantations as a mosquito box amplification in South and South-East Asia.- Part 4: Monitoring and Data Acquisition.- Chapter 11: Rescuing public health data.- Chapter 12: The new science of metagenomics and the challenges of its use in both developed and developing countries.- Chapter 13: Barcoding, biobanking, e banking: From ecological to ethical and legal aspects. Insights from the PathodivSEA project.- Part 5: Managing Health Risks.- Chapter 14: Methods for prioritization of diseases: Case study of zoonoses in South-East Asia.- Chapter 15: Managing global risks: Vietnamese poultry farmers and avian flu.- Chapter 16: The OIE Strategy to address threats at the interface between humans, animals and ecosystems.- Part 6: Developing Strategies.- Chapter 17: Business for biodiversity and ecosystem services.- Chapter 18: Bridging the gap between conservation and health.- Chapter 19: Implementation of the One health strategy. Lessons learnt from community based natural resource programs for communities’ empowerment and equity within an Eco health approach.

Dr. Serge Morand is interested in evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions and population ecology of parasites and pathogens. As a field parasitologist, he is concerned at the role of biodiversity as risks and insurance for zoonotic emerging infectious diseases. He is conducting several projects on the impacts of global changes on the links between biodiversity and health in Southeast Asia, using rodent-borne diseases as a model. Dr. Morand is also the co-author of several articles and books on these domains. He was still recently a member of the scientific board of the French Research Foundation for Biodiversity and is currently leading several projects in Southeast Asia: Project ANR BiodivHealthSEA “Local impacts and perceptions of global changes: health, biodiversity and zoonoses in Southeast Asia”, the Project ANR CERoPath “Community Ecology of Rodents and their pathogens in changing Southeast Asian Environments” and the AFD-CNRS PathoDivSEA “Pathogen Diversity of Southeast ASIA”.

Jean-Pierre Dujardin is a medical doctor specialized in medical entomology. His research is focused on the epidemiological relevance of population structure and biodiversity of vectors. He has spent more than 20 years doing field-based research in South America (Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis vectors), South East Asia (arboviroses vectors) and Africa (onchocerciasis and sleeping disease vectors). His main approaches were based on population genetics and phenetics concepts. He has authored a number of papers, chapters and books related to these topics and has created a morphometric package covering most of the current modern morphometric analyzes (landmark-based and outline-based morphometrics).

Regine Lefait-Robin is a medical doctor. She specializes in "mother and child health” and ”tropical infectious diseases.” She has also authored and co-authored a number of articles on "mother and child health" and infectious diseases (malaria,IST, HIV-PMTC) and a book