The viral network : a pathography of the H1N1 influenza pandemic /

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"In The Viral Network, Theresa MacPhail examines our collective fascination with and fear of viruses through the lens of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. In April 2009, a novel strain of H1N1 influenza virus resulting from a combination of bird, swine, and human flu viruses emerged in Veracruz, Mexico....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacPhail, Theresa, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Series:Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
H1N1 influenza.
Epidemics > Social aspects.
Public health > Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
Grippe A (H1N1)
Sociologie de la santé.
Influenzavirus A (H1N1)
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Seeing the past or telling the future? : on the origins of pandemics and the phylogeny of viral expertise
  • The invisible chapter (work in the lab)
  • Quarantine, epidemiological knowledge, and the history of infectious disease research in Hong Kong
  • The siren song of avian influenza : a brief history of future pandemics
  • The predictable unpredictability of viruses and the concept of "strategic uncertainty" in global public health
  • The anthropology of good information : data deluge, knowledge, and context in global public health
  • The heretics of microbiology : charisma, expertise, disbelief, and the production of knowledge.

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