Autor(es): Jansen Karine Aasgaard

Resumo: From March 2005 to April 2007 the French overseas department - Indian Ocean isl- of Réunion was significantly affected by an epidemic of chikungunya. Chikungunya is a vector-spread disease (by the aedes albopictus mosquito) that leads to painful rheumatic symptoms. The disease infected approximately one third of the isl-'s total population of 802,000 inhabitants (Rallu 2009 ). This article is a discussion of local etiological accounts of chikungunya. The primary topic raised by informants was whether chikungunya was a vector- or air-borne disease. Even though informants had access to substantial biomedical information concerning the disease - its transmission, some were convinced by it - others were not. In order to make meaning of the disease, the Réunionese drew on various types of medical knowledge from different health sectors simultaneously. To underst- people's experiences with chikungunya, we must account for all of their etiological explanations.

Imprenta: Medical Anthropology, v. 32, n. 2, p. 174-189, 2013

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1080/01459740.2012.679981

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Transmission ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemic ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health

Data de publicação: 2013

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