Taking rumours seriously: Why organ thieves matter to malaria control

This article documents what happened when a group of researchers tried to gain consent to carry out a survey for a malaria‐related research project in the Sabah region of Malaysia at the end of 2015. Within weeks, rumours had begun to spread on social media that the team were fake and using the guis...

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Published in:Anthropology today 2017-08, Vol.33 (4), p.9-12
Main Author: Iskander, Dalia
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Researchers
Social media
Social relations
Teams
Theft
Vector-borne diseases
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