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This work 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 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…
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Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
2016
560
9789865671860
Edition
Brilliance Audio
2014
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9781491545089
Ebook
W. W. Norton & Company
2013
592
9780393239225
Paperback
Norton Trade Titles
2013
592
9780393346619
Edition
Penguin Random House
2013
592
9780099522850
Edition
The Bodley Head
2012
587
9781847920102
Edition
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
592
9780393066807
Hardcover
DVA Dt.Verlags-Anstalt
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9783421043658
Animals as carriers of diseaseZoonosesEpidemicsNew York Times reviewedCommunicable diseases in animalsEpidemics -- ForecastingCommunicable diseases -- ForecastingWorld health -- Forecasting
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