Spillover
Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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Jonathan Yen
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David Quammen
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A gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can tackle a global pandemic.
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.
As cases of Coronavirus grow across the globe, discover the book that predicted this viral disaster and the science that could stop the next one in its tracks.
‘A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you should know’ Sunday Times
‘Chilling… [A] brilliant, devastating book’ Daily Mail
2013, National Book Critics Circle Non-Fiction Award, Short-listed
2013, Society of Biology Book of the Year, Winner
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