Intro -- Emergence of infectious diseases - Risks and issues for societies -- Foreword by Frederic Keck, Anthropologist, CNRS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Biogeography and the ecology of emerging infectious diseases -- Chapter 2 - From emergence to emergences - a focus on pandemic influenza -- Chapter 3 - Future as a moving target - United States, CBRN risk and the scenario planning method: 1995-2008 -- Chapter 4 - Collective action in response to emerging zoonotic diseases -- Chapter 5 - Surveillance of emerging diseases: challenges and contradictions -- References -- Acronyms -- Contributors.