Epidemics and Recherches amérindiennes au Québec 
This literature review examines epidemics and their studies within the Americas in the journal Recherches amérindiennes au Québec (1971-2021). Although little has been written on the subject in the journal since its origins, epidemics and their impacts on Indigenous societies (demographic as well as religious, political, military or social) have proven to be a determining factor in the conquest of the Americas. This invisibility of microbial shock, as well as the ensuing hecatomb, seems to be widespread in the literature. However, the arrival of Europeans in the «New World» has led to the emergence of diseases with devastating effects on Indigenous populations. Missionaries, Native traders, politics, and alliances played central roles in the spread of epidemics in America.