The failure of colonial 'distancing': Changing representations of the 2005-06 chikungunya epidemic in Réunion, France

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-235

  Weinstein, Philip ^a   Ravi, Srilata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Colonialism; Distancing; Epidemic; R union; Tropicality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRAL DISEASE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 45749126554     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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