| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 269 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
City of emergencies -- Patrons, clients, and parasites -- Householding and evangelical ecology -- Mosquitos, madres, y moradores -- Knowledge -- Stories of surveillance and participation -- Dengue season in the city of emergencies |
| Summary |
Dengue fever is the world's most prevalent mosquito-borne illness, but Alex Nading argues that people in dengue-endemic communities do not always view humans and mosquitoes as mortal enemies. Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging current global health approaches to animal-borne illness, Mosquito Trails tells the story of a group of community health workers who struggle to come to terms with dengue epidemics amid poverty, political change, and economic upheaval. Blending theory from medical anthropology, political ecology, and science and technology st |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dengue -- Nicaragua -- Personal narratives
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Environmental health -- Nicaragua -- Personal narratives
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Health attitudes -- Nicaragua -- Personal narratives
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Politics, Practical -- Nicaragua -- Personal narratives
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Dengue.
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Environmental health.
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Politics, Practical.
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Dengue
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Environmental Health
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Politics
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politics.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Dengue
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Environmental health
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Health attitudes
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Politics, Practical
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Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520958562 |
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052095856X |
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1322007314 |
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9781322007311 |
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