Epidemics and the Politics of Knowledge: Contested Narratives in Egypt's H1N1 Response

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-254

  Leach, Melissa ^a   Tadros, Mariz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egypt; H1N1; knowledge; narrative; politics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EGYPT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KNOWLEDGE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; NARRATIVE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS INFECTION; POLITICS; RELIGION; STEREOTYPING; SWINE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EGYPT; H1N1; KNOWLEDGE; NARRATIVE; POLITICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; EGYPT; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISLAM; NARRATION; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLITICS; STEREOTYPING; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84899641963     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2013.842565     Document Type: Article

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