The Viral Network : : A Pathography of the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic / / Theresa MacPhail.
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 Di...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 13 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Prologue To A Pathography
- 1. Seeing The Past Or Telling The Future?
- 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
- 5. The Predictable Unpredictability Of Viruses And The Concept Of “Strategic Uncertainty”
- 6. The Anthropology Of Good Information
- 7. The Heretics Of Microbiology
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References