
Contagio: La evolución de las pandemias / Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
En esta obra de referencia internacional, David Quammen se sumerge en la historia reciente de esas enfermedades zoon ticas, y persigue su rastro en compa a de los mejores cient ficos del mundo en la selva centroafricana, las cuevas de China meridional o las azoteas de Banglad s, pero tambi n en los sofisticados laboratorios cuyo personal investiga virus letales bajo las m s altas medidas de seguridad. Aunque Contagio se lee como un thriller, repleto de incidentes, pistas e interrogantes, a la vista de la crisis desatada por la aparici n del SARS-CoV-2, su lectura no solo resulta apasionante; es imprescindible.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Mr. Quammen] is not just among our best science writers but among our best writers, period. ―Dwight Garner, New York Times
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?
- Författare
- David Quammen
- ISBN
- 9788418006760
- Språk
- Engelska
- Vikt
- 799 gram
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2020-05-28
- Förlag
- Debate
- Sidor
- 624
