1st Edition
Locating Zika Social Change and Governance in an Age of Mosquito Pandemics
Edited By Kevin Bardosh
Copyright 2020
240 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
238 Pages
27 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
The emergence of Zika virus in 2015 challenged conventional ideas of mosquito-borne diseases, tested the resilience of health systems and embedded itself within local sociocultural worlds, with major implications for environmental, sexual, reproductive and paediatric health. This book explores this complex viral epidemic and situates it within its broader social, epidemiological and historical... Read more
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Biography
Kevin Bardosh (PhD) is Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Environmental and Global Health and Emerging Pathogens at the University of Florida, USA.
