Pandemic : tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Status
Paulden Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.1 SHAH
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362.1 SHAH
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Prescott Valley Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
362.1 SHA
1 available
362.1 SHA
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Published
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-253) and index.
Description
Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which one? And how? Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either newly emerged or reemerged. Ninety percent of epidemiologists expect that one of them will cause a deadly pandemic sometime in the next two generations. It could be Ebola, avian flu, a drug-resistant superbug, or something completely new. While we can't know which pathogen will cause the next pandemic, by unraveling the story of how pathogens have caused pandemics in the past, we can make predictions about the future. Here, prizewinning science journalist Sonia Shah interweaves history, original reportage, and personal narrative to explore the origins of contagions, drawing parallels between cholera, one of history's most deadly and disruptive pandemic-causing pathogens, and the new diseases that stalk humankind today. To reveal how a new pandemic might develop, Shah tracks each stage of cholera's dramatic journey, from its emergence in the South Asian hinterlands as a harmless microbe to its rapid dispersal across the nineteenth-century world, all the way to its latest beachhead in Haiti. Along the way she reports on the pathogens now following in cholera's footsteps, from the MRSA bacterium that besieges her own family to the never-before-seen killers coming out of China's wet markets, the surgical wards of New Delhi, and the suburban backyards of the East Coast. By delving into the convoluted science, strange politics, and checkered history of one of the world's deadliest diseases, Pandemic reveals what the next global contagion might look like--and what we can do to prevent it.--Adapted from dust jacket.
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"Interweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origins of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera-- one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens-- and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Shah, S. (2016). Pandemic: tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond (First edition.). Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux .
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shah, Sonia. 2016. Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond. Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Shah, Sonia. Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Shah, Sonia. Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond First edition., Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2016.
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