Airports, localities and disease: representations of global travel during the H1N1 pandemic.
Health Place
; 16(4): 727-35, 2010 Jul.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20356779
ABSTRACT
During summer 2009, the UK experienced one of the highest incidences of H1N1 infection outside of the Americas and Australia. Building on existing research into biosecurity and the spread of infectious disease via the global airline network, this paper explores the biopolitics of public health in the UK through an in-depth empirical analysis of the representation of H1N1 in UK national and regional newspapers. We uncover new discourses relating to the significance of the airport as a site for control and the ethics of the treatment of the traveller as a potential transmitter of disease. We conclude by highlighting how the global spread of infectious diseases is grounded in particular localities associated with distinctive notions of biosecurity and the traveller.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aviação
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Viagem
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Saúde Global
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Influenza Humana
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Vírus da Influenza A Subtipo H1N1
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Jornais como Assunto
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article