Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic / David Quammen.
2012
RA639 .Q83 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic / David Quammen.
Author
Quammen, David, 1948-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780393066807
0393066800
0393066800
Publication Details
New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.
Language
English
Description
587 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number
RA639 .Q83 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.4/3
Summary
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-558) and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.