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Auteur(s) : MacPhail, Theresa (1972-....)
Titre(s) : The viral network [Texte imprimé] : a pathography of the H1N1 influenza pandemic / Theresa MacPhail
Publication : Ithaca : Cornell University press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm
Collection : Expertise
Lien à la collection : Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
"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. The Director-General of the World Health
Organization (WHO) announced an official end to the pandemic in August 2010. Experts
agree that the global death toll reached 284,500. The public health response to the
pandemic was complicated by the simultaneous economic crisis and by the public scrutiny
of official response in an atmosphere of widespread connectivity. MacPhail follows
the H1N1 influenza virus's trajectory through time and space in order to construct
a three-dimensional picture of what happens when global public health comes down with
a case of the flu"
Sujet(s) : Anthropologie médicale
Virus H1N1
Épidémies -- Société
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780801452406. - ISBN 0801452406. - ISBN 9780801479830. - ISBN 0801479835
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb443052725
Notice n° :
FRBNF44305272
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
