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Author:

Quammen, David, 1948-

Title:

Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic / David Quammen.

Edition:

Norton pbk. ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2012

Description:

587 p. : maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Animals as carriers of disease.
Zoonoses.
Communicable diseases in animals.
Epidemics--Forecasting.
Communicable diseases--Forecasting.
World health--Forecasting.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [531]-558) and index.

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.

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. The author 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.

ISBN:

0393346617
9780393346619

OCLC:

(OCoLC)859186193

Locations:

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

FJPC224 -- Elkader Public Library (Elkader)

HYAX325 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Estherville (Estherville)

EKPC715 -- Hartley Public Library (Hartley)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

CIPB482 -- Victor Public Library (Victor)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)