Bibliograph

Breathless, the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus, David Quammen

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Breathless, the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus, David Quammen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-394) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breathless

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1345467309

Responsibility statement

David Quammen

Sub title

the scientific race to defeat a deadly virus

Summary

Scientists have warned for decades that the next big pandemic would be caused by a changeable new virus--very possibly a coronavirus--but such warnings were ignored for political or economic reasons. This book takes readers inside the frantic international effort to understand and control SARS-CoV-2 (aka COVID-19), peering over the shoulders of the scientists who led the chase and found the way to fight the virus. The author shows how new viruses emerge from animals into humans as we disrupt wild ecosystems, and how these viruses adapt to the human hosts--sometimes causing global catastrophe. -- Adapted from jacket

Target audience

adolescent

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Scientific race to defeat a deadly virus

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