01563nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001700055653003300072653001700105653001100122653001100133653000900144653001500153653001300168653000800181653002200189100001500211700001600226245006900242300001100311490000600322520095500328022001401283       1998                            d  c1998 Dec10aAnthropology10aCommunicable Disease Control10aEpidemiology10aFemale10aHumans10aMale10aPrevalence10aResearch10aSex10aTropical Medicine1 aVlassoff C1 aManderson L00aIncorporating gender in the anthropology of infectious diseases.  a1011-90 v33 a<p>The paper focuses on key issues in research and control of infectious diseases and demonstrates the utility of combining a gender perspective with anthropological investigation both for understanding disease and for designing and evaluating interventions for its control. Based on a definition of gender as opposed to sex, it illustrates, with the help of a gender framework for tropical diseases, how this concept is applied. It argues that gender-sensitive research is essential to the understanding of the nature of the disease, its prevalence, distribution, determinants and consequences. Examples are taken from anthropological studies on infectious diseases, including research on urinary schistosomiasis, malaria, leprosy, leishmaniasis and onchocerciasis. How gender-sensitive qualitative research can guide the design and evaluation of appropriate interventions for the prevention and control of infectious diseases is also discussed.</p>  a1360-2276