Book ID: CBB000201665

Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: People, Parasites, Politics (2002)

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Description Traces the histories of recent new epidemics such as the West Nile Virus, AIDS, malaria, and African sleeping sickness and explores the moral and legal issues surrounding these diseases as they effect the biomedical industry and public health.


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Review Litsios, Socrates (2003) Review of "Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: People, Parasites, Politics". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (p. 435). unapi

Review Fedunkiw, Marianne (2003) Review of "Federal Bodysnatchers and the New Guinea Virus: People, Parasites, Politics". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Cohn, Samuel K., Jr.
Dodier, Nicolas
Engelmann, Lukas
Furth, Charlotte
García Ferrandis, Xavier
Gaudillière, Jean-Paul
Journals
History and Technology
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Berghahn Books
Duke University Press
McFarland
Oxford University Press
Routledge
Concepts
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Public health
Medicine
AIDS (disease); HIV/AIDS
Communicable diseases
People
Ingrassia, Giovanni Filippo
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
16th century
Places
Africa
Canada
Spain
United States
Chile
East Africa
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