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Avian influenza and events in political biogeography
Author(s) -
Donaldson Andrew,
Wood David Murakami
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2007.00781.x
Subject(s) - newcastle upon tyne , newcastle disease , politics , architecture , unit (ring theory) , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , sociology , poverty , geography , library science , media studies , history , political science , economic history , archaeology , law , biology , psychology , virus , mathematics education , virology , computer science
In a recent Commentary for Area, Roger Keil and Harris Ali (2006) called attention to some features of the 2003 SARS outbreak that were pertinent to concerns over avian influenza. They noted that SARS highlighted the global connectivity of cities (which resulted in SARS' rapid spread), spatial inequalities in healthcare and governance, and the fragility of multicultural values (as the disease was branded as Asian). However, these welcome comments focused predominantly on the situation that will arise if the H5N1 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) confirms our worst fears and evolves into a form transmissible from human to human. At present, despite the fact that people have contracted the disease from close contact with infected birds, avian influenza remains an animal disease and should be no less