Spillover Free

Author: David Quammen
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B00856PC4K
Category: Medical

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases. Download Spillover medical books for free.
he emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia-but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. He recounts adventures in the field-netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorill Get Spillover our bestseller medical books.

Spillover Free

he emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia-but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover He recounts adventures in the field-netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorill

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