Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic /
Quammen, David, 1948-
Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic / Animal infections and the next human pandemic David Quammen. - First edition. - 587 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pale horse -- Thirteen gorillas -- Everything comes from somewhere -- Dinner at the rat farm -- The deer, the parrot, and the kid next door -- Going viral -- Celestial hosts -- The chimp and the river-- It depends.
"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?"--Publisher's website.
0393066800 9780393066807 0393346617 9780393346619
2012029300
Animals as carriers of disease.
Zoonoses--etiology.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging--etiology.
Pandemics.
RA639 / .Q83 2012
614.43
Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic / Animal infections and the next human pandemic David Quammen. - First edition. - 587 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pale horse -- Thirteen gorillas -- Everything comes from somewhere -- Dinner at the rat farm -- The deer, the parrot, and the kid next door -- Going viral -- Celestial hosts -- The chimp and the river-- It depends.
"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?"--Publisher's website.
0393066800 9780393066807 0393346617 9780393346619
2012029300
Animals as carriers of disease.
Zoonoses--etiology.
Communicable Diseases, Emerging--etiology.
Pandemics.
RA639 / .Q83 2012
614.43