Avian Reservoirs：Virus Hunters and Birdwatchers in Chinese Sentinel Posts
作者：Frédéric Keck
Paperback: 256页
出版社: Duke University Press Books
出版时间：2020年1月17日
语种：English
ISBN-10: 1478006986
ISBN-13: 978-1478006985
产品尺寸及重量: 14.6 x 1.3 x 22.2 cm
After experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all invested in various techniques to mitigate future pandemics involving myriad cross-species interactions between humans and birds. In some locations microbiologists allied with veterinarians and birdwatchers to follow the mutations of flu viruses in birds and humans and create preparedness strategies, while in others, public health officials worked toward preventing pandemics by killing thousands of birds. In Avian ReservoirsFrédéric Keck offers a comparative analysis of these responses, tracing how the anticipation of bird flu pandemics has changed relations between birds and humans in China. Drawing on anthropological theory and ethnographic fieldwork, Keck demonstrates that varied strategies dealing with the threat of pandemics—stockpiling vaccines and samples in Taiwan, simulating pandemics in Singapore, and monitoring viruses and disease vectors in Hong Kong—reflect local geopolitical relations to mainland China. In outlining how interactions among pathogens, birds, and humans shape the way people imagine future pandemics, Keck illuminates how interspecies relations are crucial for protecting against such threats.
Frédéric Keck
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
