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Epidemics and anthropologists
Author(s) -
Leach Melissa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8322.12537
Subject(s) - outbreak , ebola virus , anthropology , geography , covid-19 , ethnology , sociology , history , virology , biology , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology
This guest editorial reflects on the role of anthropology in the recent outbreaks of Ebola virus epidemics in West Africa and the opportunities and challenges in contributing to the management epidemics in general.