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May 2020
3m 28s

Zika ou les virus de la mondialisation

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Suite de nos Petites et grandes histoires d’épidémie, nous retrouvons l’écologue de la santé Serge Morand qui mène actuellement ses recherches en Asie du sud-est sur l’émergence de nouveaux virus come zika, le chikungyuya ou la dengue. Autant de virus qui profitent ont eux aussi de notre mondialisation.

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