Still the heart of darkness: The Ebola virus and the meta-narrative of disease in The Hot Zone

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-145

  Haynes, Douglas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"White man's grave"; Africa; AIDS; Contamination; Ebola; Filoviruses; Heart of Darkness; HIV; Joseph Conrad; Virus hunters

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649111243     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014846131921     Document Type: Article

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