A Multispecies Anthropological Approach to Influenza

流行性感冒病毒目前对人类以及家畜和野生动物都构成了相当大的威胁。该项目旨在解决我们在不同物种对流感，特别是马流感的文化认知方面的知识差距。通过多物种人类学，计划的成果是通过综合社会-文化-生态方法更好地了解跨物种医学知识，包括对文化遗产、生物多样性和疾病复原力的洞察。这些对多物种动态的新见解的好处将是更好地了解病毒传播和蒙古牧区卫生做法，这些做法可能被用于预防流感。

Influenza-type viruses currently pose a considerable threat to humanity, as well as to both domestic and wild animals. This project aims to address a significant gap in our knowledge about cultural perceptions towards influenza across different species, particularly horse flu. Through multispecies anthropology, planned outcomes are to gain a greater understanding of cross-species medical knowledge, including insights into cultural heritage, biodiversity and disease resilience through an integrated socio-cultural-ecological approach. Benefits of these new insights into multi-species dynamics will be a greater understanding of viral spread and Mongolian pastoral health practices that may be employed in the prevention of influenza.