Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
ISBN-10
0393066800
ISBN-13
9780393066807
Category
Medical
Pages
587
Language
English
Published
2012-10-01
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
David Quammen

Description

Examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world, describing a process called “spillover” where illness originates in wild animals before being passed to humans and discusses the potential for the next huge pandemic. 70,000 first printing.

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