David Quammen

(Author)

Contagio: La Evolución de Las Pandemias / Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicPaperback, 18 August 2020

Contagio: La Evolución de Las Pandemias / Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
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Print Length
624 pages
Language
EnglishSpanish
Publisher
Debate
Date Published
18 Aug 2020
ISBN-10
8418006765
ISBN-13
9788418006760

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EL LIBRO INTERNACIONAL DE REFERENCIA DURANTE LA CUARENTENA.

Desde hace años, para los expertos y cualquier persona informada, el estallido de la siguiente pandemia era una cuestión de tiempo, y su origen, evidente: un virus latente en animales que diera el salto al ser humano como el HIV que provocó el SIDA o el H1N1 que causó la gripe de 1918, el ébola, el SARS, el virus de Marburgo o el que produjo la gripe aviar.

En esta obra de referencia internacional, David Quammen se sumerge en la historia reciente de esas enfermedades zoonóticas, y persigue su rastro en compañía de los mejores científicos del mundo en la selva centroafricana, las cuevas de China meridional o las azoteas de Bangladés, pero también en los sofisticados laboratorios cuyo personal investiga virus letales bajo las más 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 aparición 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?

Product Details

Author:
David Quammen
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
ES
Date Published:
18 August 2020
Dimensions:
22.35 x 14.99 x 4.32 cm
ISBN-10:
8418006765
ISBN-13:
9788418006760
Language:
English
Spanish
Pages:
624
Publisher:
Weight:
793.79 gm

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