The Viral Network : A Pathography of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic.
MacPhail, Theresa.
The Viral Network : A Pathography of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (247 pages) - Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge Series . - Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge Series .
The Viral Network -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Prologue to a Pathography -- 1. Seeing the Past or Telling the Future? : On the Origins of Pandemics and the Phylogeny of Viral Expertise -- 2. The Invisible Chapter (Work in the Lab) -- 3. Quarantine, Epidemiological Knowledge, and Infectious Disease Research in Hong Kong -- 4. The Siren's Song of Avian Influenza: A Brief History of Future Pandemics -- 5. The Predictable Unpredictability of Viruses and the Concept of "Strategic Uncertainty" -- 6. The Anthropology of Good Information: Data Deluge, Knowledge, and Context in Global Public Health -- 7. The Heretics of Microbiology: Charisma, Expertise, Disbelief, and the Production of Knowledge -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References.
Theresa MacPhail examines our collective fascination with and fear of viruses through the lens of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
9780801454899
H1N1 influenza.
Epidemics -- Social aspects.
Public health -- Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Electronic books.
RA644
614.5/18
The Viral Network : A Pathography of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (247 pages) - Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge Series . - Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge Series .
The Viral Network -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Prologue to a Pathography -- 1. Seeing the Past or Telling the Future? : On the Origins of Pandemics and the Phylogeny of Viral Expertise -- 2. The Invisible Chapter (Work in the Lab) -- 3. Quarantine, Epidemiological Knowledge, and Infectious Disease Research in Hong Kong -- 4. The Siren's Song of Avian Influenza: A Brief History of Future Pandemics -- 5. The Predictable Unpredictability of Viruses and the Concept of "Strategic Uncertainty" -- 6. The Anthropology of Good Information: Data Deluge, Knowledge, and Context in Global Public Health -- 7. The Heretics of Microbiology: Charisma, Expertise, Disbelief, and the Production of Knowledge -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References.
Theresa MacPhail examines our collective fascination with and fear of viruses through the lens of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
9780801454899
H1N1 influenza.
Epidemics -- Social aspects.
Public health -- Social aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Electronic books.
RA644
614.5/18