Spillover book5/9/2023 ![]() He recounts adventures in the field-netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo-with the world’s leading disease scientists. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. 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 pattern. ![]() In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. ![]() The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. Buy Spillover by David Quammen from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases. ![]()
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