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Virus XFrank Ryan

Virus X

448 pagesFirst published 19973 editions
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Dr. Frank Ryan takes us into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous outbreaks, then into the research laboratories and hospitals, where he spotlights the scientists and doctors who are risking their lives to contain them. In telling this global story, he uncovers a frightening pattern - and concludes that new, deadlier diseases are even now waiting to emerge. Why do such plagues arise? Where do new viruses come from? Could there be - will there be - a Virus X, an incurable virus, as lethal as Ebola, spread as easily as the common cold? Dr. Ryan has posed these questions to leading experts…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
PaperbackBack Bay Books19984489780316763066
HardcoverLittle, Brown and Company19974489780316763837
HardcoverDiane Pub Co19974309780756753870
EpidemiologyDisease OutbreaksPopular WorksCommunicable DiseasesVirus diseasesNew York Times reviewed