title: [AIDS and AIDS: anthropological analysis of opinions relative to the death of AIDS patients in a district of Bangui (June 1994)].
abstract: Anthropological analysis and presentation of a corpus of information gathered during an ethnological survey on aids led in June 1994 in the district Jean XXIII, Bangui. The personality of the investigator-informator ( = Ego = the second author), and thus his subjectivity, are parameters deliberately considered for the presentation and analysis of the obtained data. The inquiry consists in making a list and gathering explanations of deceases ascribed to aids in this district, among a population made up by a representative part of the investigator's "social body": i.e. his nuclear family, members of his extended paternal, maternal and in-law families, past and present regular extra-matrimonial sexual partners, networks of former and present neighbours, friends and colleagues; that is to say a whole formal and informal community with changing outlines, which acts a fundamental role when misfortune, bad luck and disease appear.
authors.affiliation: Médecin ethnologue CNRS, UPR 3 121/URA 882, Laboratoire d'ethnobiologie-biogéographie, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Epelboin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gourna
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000883:Anthropology; D002488:Central African Republic; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: SIDA et SIDA: analyse anthropologique d'opinions relatives aux décès de sidéens dans un quartier de Bangui (Juin 1994).