The Risks of Preparedness
Mutant Bird Flu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2427983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Lakoff (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 68 |
| Pages | 457-464 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0899-2363 • E-ISSN: 1527-8018 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/08992363-1630636 |
| OpenAlex | W2332194598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This essay analyzes the evolving controversy over the recent experimental mutation of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) to make it more easily transmissible among mammals. While the controversy has been cast as a debate between bioscience and biosecurity, or between openness and secrecy, it is better understood in terms of the fracture of a fragile alliance among virologists, public health experts, and biosecurity officials around the problem of pandemic preparedness
Alliance · Biology · Biosecurity · Bird flu · Disease · Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 · Openness to experience · Pandemic · Political science · Preparedness · Public health · Public relations · Secrecy · Virus · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Ecology · Virology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.55 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2023 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |