Dr. Wouter Basson, Americans, and wild beasts: Men's conspiracy theories of HIV/AIDS in the South African lowveld

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 179-208

  Niehaus, Isak ^a   Jonsson, Gunvor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conspiracy theories; Deindustrialization; Gender, masculinity; HIV AIDS; South Africa; The local and global

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; COSMOS; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERVIEW; NURSE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOLDIER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 20444421825     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740590933911     Document Type: Review

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