Viral Clouds: Becoming H5N1 in Indonesia.
Through an index case in Tangerang, West Java, the Orthomyxoviridae virus H5N1 influenza became visible in Indonesia and propagated rapidly across the archipelago. This viral event incited fears of a human influenza pandemic, disrupting existing arrangements among species, peoples, institutions, and...
| Publicado en: | Cultural Anthropology Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 625 - 650 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
November 2010
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