Frederic Keck traces how the anticipation of bird flu pandemics has changed relations between birds and humans in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, showing that humans' reliance on birds is key to mitigating future pandemics.
Frederic Keck traces how the anticipation of bird flu pandemics has changed relations between birds and humans in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan, showing that humans' reliance on birds is key to mitigating future pandemics.
Frédéric Keck is Senior Researcher at CNRS, director of the Laboratory for Social Anthropology in Paris, coeditor of The Anthropology of Epidemics, and author of several books in French.
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Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I. Animal Diseases 1. Culling, Vaccinating, and Monitoring Contagious Animals 11 2. Biosecurity Concerns and the Surveillance of Zoonoses 29 3. Global Health and the Ecologies of Conservation 44 Part II. Techniques of Preparedness 4. Sentinels and Early Warning Signals 69 5. Simulations and Reverse Scenarios 108 6. Stockpiling and Storage 139 Conclusion 173 Notes 179 Bibliography 211 Index 237
Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I. Animal Diseases 1. Culling, Vaccinating, and Monitoring Contagious Animals 11 2. Biosecurity Concerns and the Surveillance of Zoonoses 29 3. Global Health and the Ecologies of Conservation 44 Part II. Techniques of Preparedness 4. Sentinels and Early Warning Signals 69 5. Simulations and Reverse Scenarios 108 6. Stockpiling and Storage 139 Conclusion 173 Notes 179 Bibliography 211 Index 237
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