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SPILLOVER
ANIMAL INFECTIONS AND THE NEXT HUMAN PANDEMIC |
| By: |
David Quammen |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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£9.48 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099522853 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099522850 |
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| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2013 |
| Pages: |
592 |
| Description: |
First, a horse in Brisbane falls ill: fever, swelling, bloody froth.In a journey that takes him from southern China to the Congo, from Bangladesh to Australia, David Quammen tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth. |
| Synopsis: |
First, a horse in Brisbane falls ill: fever, swelling, bloody froth. Then thirteen others drop dead. The foreman at the stables becomes ill and the trainer dies. What is going on?As globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient ecosystems, we encounter strange and dangerous infections that originate in animals but that can be transmitted to humans. Diseases that were contained are being set free and the results are potentially catastrophic.In a journey that takes him from southern China to the Congo, from Bangladesh to Australia, David Quammen tracks these infections to their source and asks what we can do to prevent some new pandemic spreading across the face of the earth. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Society of Biology Book of the Year 2013 (UK)
Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Non-Fiction Award 2013 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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