International Round Table On Social History

Comments on the round table the history of disease.

For long, let us say up to the middle of the twentieth century, historic human disease was discussed as an objective biological phenomenon mainly analyzed by scientific physicians. During the past two decades new paradigms have renewed the history of disease. Disease in a historical context is seen not only as a pathological reality but also as a social construction affecting everyday life, men...

8th Annual Bethune Round Table Conference on International Surgery

© 2008 Association médicale canadienne IMPACT ANALYSIS OF UGANDA HEARING PROJECT. R. Byaruhanga,* M. Awubwa,* B. Westerberg,† N. Shoman,† T. Rolland,‡ J.-P. Vaccani.§ From the *Department of ENT, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and the Departments of Otolaryngology, †University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, ‡NYU School of Medicine, New York City, NY, and §University of Ottawa, Ottaw...

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International Review of Social History

Round table on morbilliviruses in marine mammals.

Since 1988 morbilliviruses have been increasingly recognized and held responsible for mass mortality amongst harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and other seal species. Virus isolations and characterization proved that morbilliviruses from seals in Northwest Europe were genetically distinct from other known members of this group including canine distemper virus (CDV), rinderpest virus, peste des pet...