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Name: Spillover
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Author: David Quammen

This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases around the world, describing the 'spillover' process where illness originates in wild animals before being passed to humans and discussing the potential for the next huge pandemic. The author tracks this subject around the world, from China to Australia, recounting adventures in the field, netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo, with the world's leading disease scientists. He takes the reader along on this quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge, and asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?

First publish date: 2012

Genre: Health & Medicine/Medical Science

Authors: David Quammen

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