The viral network: a pathography of the H1N1 influenza pandemic

by MacPhail, Theresa

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Title Statements

Full title :The viral network : a pathography of the H1N1 influenza pandemic / Theresa MacPhail.

Summary

"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"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
Place of Publication:Ithaca
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xii, 232 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780801454899, 0801454891, 0801452406, 9780801452406, 0801479835, 9780801479830, 0801454883, 9780801454882
oclc:ocn897810495
LC Classification:RA644.I6
Dewey Decimal:614.5/18

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Subjects

Epidemics -- Social aspects Grippe A (H1N1) H1N1 influenza Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype Influenzavirus A (H1N1) MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine MEDICAL -- Public Health Medical anthropology Public health -- Social aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology Sociologie de la santé