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Viruses, and reproductive injustice : Zika in Brazil / Ilana Löwy.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Löwy, Ilana, 1948- author.
Contributor:
Project Muse
Biomedical Library Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Zika virus.
Epidemics--Brazil.
Epidemics.
Reproductive rights.
Zika Virus Infection--epidemiology.
Reproductive Rights--legislation & jurisprudence.
Maternal Health--ethnology.
Zika Virus Infection--transmission.
Brazil--epidemiology.
Medical Subjects:
Zika Virus Infection--epidemiology.
Reproductive Rights--legislation & jurisprudence.
Maternal Health--ethnology.
Zika Virus Infection--transmission.
Brazil--epidemiology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 273 pages.)
Other Title:
Zika in Brazil
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Contents:
Introduction : Framing an Epidemic
Viruses and Mosquitoes : from Yellow Fever to Zika
Fetuses : Women, Doctors, and the Law
Surprises : "I've never seen anything like this"
Zika in Brazil : Producing Partial Knowledge
Stratified Reproduction : Class, Ethnicity, and Risk
Maes de Micro : Zika and Maternal Care
After Zika : Open Questions, Complex Legacy
Conclusion : Embodied Inequality.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Biomedical Library Fund.
ISBN:
9781421447926 (electronic bk.)
1421447924 (electronic bk.)
Publisher Number:
99995539229
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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