Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

The next big human pandemic--the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918...
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Author: David Quammen
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Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by Quammen, David

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

$49.06

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

$49.06
Author: David Quammen
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The next big human pandemic--the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza--is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an event "spillover" and they warn us to brace ourselves. David Quammen has tracked this subject from the jungles of Central Africa, the rooftops of Bangladesh, and the caves of southern China to the laboratories where researchers work in space suits to study lethal viruses. He illuminates the dynamics of Ebola, SARS, bird flu, Lyme disease, and other emerging threats and tells the story of AIDS and its origins as it has never before been told. Spillover reads like a mystery tale, full of mayhem and clues and questions. When the Next Big One arrives, what will it look like? From which innocent host animal will it emerge? Will we be ready?



Author: David Quammen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/09/2013
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780393346619


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/29/2013 pg. 30

About the Author
Quammen, David: - David Quammen is the author of The Song of the Dodo, among other books. He has been honored with the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an award in the art of the essay from PEN, and (three times) the National Magazine Award. Quammen is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.

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