Community response to avian flu in Central Java, Indonesia

@article{Padmawati2008CommunityRT,
  title={Community response to avian flu in Central Java, Indonesia},
  author={Siwi Padmawati and Mark Nichter},
  journal={Anthropology \& Medicine},
  year={2008},
  volume={15},
  pages={31 - 51}
}
This pilot study suggests that it is more appropriate to think of avian flu as a bio-social and bio-political challenge for Indonesia than merely an epidemiological challenge involving a disease of zoonotic origin. Our examination of popular perceptions of avian flu in Central Java reveals important differences of opinion about which types of fowl are responsible for avian flu transmission and the degree of risk H5N1 poses to humans. The opinions of backyard farmers and commercial poultry… 
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