• 1998
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Episode list

Viruses: A Global Challenge
La conquête du monde invisible
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
  • S1.E1
  • La conquête du monde invisible
Examines the history of scientific research into the study of viruses. Covers significant outbreaks of viral diseases beginning with yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal in 1893 to the emergence of AIDS in the 1980s.
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Une autre guerre
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
  • S1.E2
  • Une autre guerre
Presents contemporary knowledge of the monkey pox virus, and documents a team of medical professionals and scientists from the World Health Organization investigating an outbreak of the virus in villages in Congo-Zaire. Examines the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization in the study of this new virus, monkey pox, and the political strife over the spread of the disease which caused a civil war in South Africa. Initiatives established by the World Health Organization to deal with its potentional reemergence are examined.
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Sur la trace du virus
Wed, Dec 31, 1969
  • S1.E3
  • Sur la trace du virus
Takes viewers into the heart of the African jungle to hunt down the deadly killer, Ebola. Viewers accompany research scientists as they track the disease from its first deadly outbreak in 1994, through the deaths of 19 people in 1996 who contracted the disease by eating monkey meat. Visits to villages where people lie dying reinforce the human impact of the virus, as well as the need for further research into its causes and cure.
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La conquête du monde invisible

S1.E1 ∙ La conquête du monde invisible

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Examines the history of scientific research into the study of viruses. Covers significant outbreaks of viral diseases beginning with yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal in 1893 to the emergence of AIDS in the 1980s.
0 /10
Une autre guerre

S1.E2 ∙ Une autre guerre

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Presents contemporary knowledge of the monkey pox virus, and documents a team of medical professionals and scientists from the World Health Organization investigating an outbreak of the virus in villages in Congo-Zaire. Examines the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization in the study of this new virus, monkey pox, and the political strife over the spread of the disease which caused a civil war in South Africa. Initiatives established by the World Health Organization to deal with its potentional reemergence are examined.
0 /10
Sur la trace du virus

S1.E3 ∙ Sur la trace du virus

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Takes viewers into the heart of the African jungle to hunt down the deadly killer, Ebola. Viewers accompany research scientists as they track the disease from its first deadly outbreak in 1994, through the deaths of 19 people in 1996 who contracted the disease by eating monkey meat. Visits to villages where people lie dying reinforce the human impact of the virus, as well as the need for further research into its causes and cure.
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Jusqu'au bout du monde

S1.E4 ∙ Jusqu'au bout du monde

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Deals with the development of the polio vaccine and discusses political and cultural difficulties involved in immunization campaigns in non-industrialized nations. Parental rights versus community obligations is explored.
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