• 1998
  • 52m
Viruses: A Global Challenge

Summary This four-part series traces the path of several of the world's major viruses - polio, flu, monkey pox, and Ebola. The emergence of new viruses is addressed within discussions centered upon past and current research efforts. View more details

  • 1998
  • 52m

Viruses: A Global Challenge

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Dana Burns Westburg David Heymann Claude Chastel Lindsay Martinez

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 6, 1998

Countries of origin : Canada France Belgium

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : Entre Chien et Loup La Cinquième Rigaud Productions

Summary This four-part series traces the path of several of the world's major viruses - polio, flu, monkey pox, and Ebola. The emergence of new viruses is addressed within discussions centered upon past and current research efforts. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Feb 6, 1998

Countries of origin : Canada France Belgium

Official sites : Official Site

Language : French

Production companies : Entre Chien et Loup La Cinquième Rigaud Productions

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Le retour des virus (1998) Le retour des virus (1998)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
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.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
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.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
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.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
Jusqu'au bout du monde
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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