Introduction: the need for a holistic approach to infectious diseases / Michel Tibayrenc -- (1) Molecular epidemiology and species definition of pathogens / Michel Tibayrenc -- (2) Virus species/ Marc Van Regenmortel -- (3) Viral evolution/ Hiroshi Haeno and Yoh -- (4) Species concept in bacteria / Frederick M. Cohan -- (5) Population structure of pathogenic bacteria / James Musser & Robert Selander -- (6) Evolution and pathogenesis of fungal organisms / Tatiana Giraud et al -- (7) Clonal evolution / Thierry de Meeus & Franck Prugnolle -- (8) Co/evolution between host and pathogen / Andrew Morgan -- (9) Elucidating human migration by means of their pathogens / Thierry Wirth -- (10) Phylogenetic analysis of pathogens / David A. Morrison -- (11) Evolutionary effects of infectious diseases on humans / Henry Harpending & Gregory Cochran -- (12) General human population genetics, major genomic projects and their relevance for biomedical research / Michel Tibayrenc -- (13) Pathogen and vector sequencing projects / Brendan Loftus -- (14) Proteomics and Host-Pathogen Interactions: a bright future? / David Biron et al -- (15) Evolution of antibiotic resistance / Mark C. Enright -- (16) Mechanisms of antiviral resistance / Anthony Vere Hodge & Hugh Field -- (17) Evolution of resistance to insecticides in disease vectors / Pierrick Labbe et al -- (18) Genetics of major insect vectors / Patricia Dorn et al -- (19) Modern morphometrics of medically important insects / Jean-Pierre Dujardin -- (20) Multilocus sequence typing of pathogens / Marcos Perez-Losada et al -- (21) Analysis of pathogen evolution using microarrays / Wei Zhang -- (22) The bioinformatics revolution and infectious diseases / Mark van der Giezen -- (23) Genomics of infectious diseases and private industry / Guy Vernet -- (24) Pharmacogenetics: The a la carte medicine of tomorrow? / Iris Grossman -- (25) Experimental recombination in trypanosomes: its relevance for formal genetics and epidemiology / Wendy Gibson et al -- (26) Population genetics of Plasmodium falciparum and the challenge of drug Resistance / Colin Sutherland -- (27) Molecular evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi: a new paradigmal model of basic science? / Jenny Tellaria et al -- (28) Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis populations using microarrays: does it permit routine molecular epidemiology? / Sebastien Gagneux & Marcel Behr -- (29) The evolution and dynamics of methicillin/resistant Staphylococus aureus: can it be controlled by public health measures?/ Gerrit Kuhn & Dominique Blanc -- (30) The origins of human immunodeficiency virus and implications for global Epidemics / Eric Delaporte -- (31) Evolution of SARS coronavirus and the relevance of modern molecular Epidemiology / Zhengli Shi et al -- (32) Ecology and evolution of avian influenza: the risk of a major pandemics/ Ron. A.M. Fouchier.