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	1 Introduction
	2 Setting the framework: The cosmic infrared background
	3 Resolving the cirb into sources: Deep sky surveys with the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO)
	4 Galaxy source counts from surveys at millimetric wavelengths
	5 Interpretations of faint IR/mm galaxy counts and redshift-distributions
	6 Nature of the fast evolving IR source population
	7 Global properties: The comoving SFR density and constraints from background observations
	8 Summary and conclusions
	Appendix: Predictions for future tests
	References