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Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging global health approaches to animal-borne illness, this title 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.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Guide to Acronyms Introduction: Dengue in the Landscape Part One: Infrastructure Chapter 1: City of Emergencies Chapter 2: Patrons, Clients, and Parasites Part Two: Bodies Chapter 3: Householding and Evangelical Ecology Chapter 4: Mosquitos, Madres, y Moradores Part Three: Knowledge Chapter 5: Stories of Surveillance and Participation Chapter 6: Dengue Season in the City of Emergencies Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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    A Paperback / softback by Alex M. Nading

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 22/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780520282629, 978-0520282629
      ISBN10: 0520282620
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      Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Drawing on two years of ethnographic research in urban Nicaragua and challenging global health approaches to animal-borne illness, this title 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.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Guide to Acronyms Introduction: Dengue in the Landscape Part One: Infrastructure Chapter 1: City of Emergencies Chapter 2: Patrons, Clients, and Parasites Part Two: Bodies Chapter 3: Householding and Evangelical Ecology Chapter 4: Mosquitos, Madres, y Moradores Part Three: Knowledge Chapter 5: Stories of Surveillance and Participation Chapter 6: Dengue Season in the City of Emergencies Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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