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AU Aaltola,M.
TI International relations and epidemics: a short expedition to places inhabited by states and mad cows.
QU Medicine, Conflict and Survival 1999 Jul-Sep; 15(3): 235-54
PT historical article; journal article
AB The complex process of co-evolution between humans, their social structures and biological disease agents have from time to time established relationships between the three. Recently, one such set of paths has opened up faster and closer global connections. As new and more inclusive approaches emerge from the shadow of strict intra-disciplinary containment, it is tempting to formulate the relationship between epidemics and international relations in new terms deriving from new metaphors. The argument that components central to international relations (state, sovereignty, power) do not associate with disease can be viewed sceptically. Throughout history, epidemics have had a direct impact on political interaction by vindicating, weakening, testing, and moulding international relations. This paper examines the past relationships between epidemics and international relations, and illustrates these interactions with the example of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and its link with human Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
MH Animal; Cattle; Communicable Disease Control/history/*organization & administration; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks/*prevention & control; Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform/*transmission; Europe; European Union; Great Britain; History of Medicine, 15th Cent.; History of Medicine, 16th Cent.; History of Medicine, 17th Cent.; History of Medicine, 18th Cent.; History of Medicine, 19th Cent.; History of Medicine, Ancient; History of Medicine, Medieval; Human; *International Cooperation; Plague/history
AD Department of International Relations and Political Science, University of Tampere, Finland. ma12000@uta.fi
SP englisch
PO England