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The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic

By Alan , Sipress

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group US
ISBN
9781101145517
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
653 kB (668753 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

A riveting account of why science alone can't stop the next pandemic.In 2009, Swine Flu reminded us that pandemics still happen, and award- winning journalist Alan Sipress reminds us that far worse could be brewing. When a highly lethal strain of avian flu broke out in Asia in 2003 and raced westward, Sipress, as a reporter for The Washington Post, tracked the virus across nine countries, watching its secrets elude the world's brightest scientists and most intrepid disease hunters. A vivid portrayal of the struggle between man and microbe, The Fatal Strain is a fast-moving account that weaves cultural, political, and scientific strands into a tale of inevitable pandemic.

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