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Sto caricando le informazioni... Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic (originale 2012; edizione 2013)di David Quammen (Autore)
Informazioni sull'operaSpillover. L'evoluzione delle pandemie di David Quammen (2012)
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 Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Well researched but not overly academic presentation of of the investigation of zoonotic diseases. I am a clinician and appreciated the references. For general readers interested in developing a deeper understanding of infectious diseases and the factors that lead to spillover, this author has presented science as as well I think it could be presented! For the general healthcare services, outside of the Infectious Disease world, this book is a fairly comprehensive overview of the progressive nature of scientific investigations, findings, and innovations of modern medicine. I also appreciated the author's humility and great appreciation for the field investigators who run in to hot zones and places others fear to tread to satisfy their quest for knowledge that will lessen the human suffering of emerging infectious disease and their pandemic potential which has increased greatly as humans stretch their presence into ancient ecosystems. Well done and highly recommended! (  ) jmtho1501 | Jan 20, 2022 |  Letto per le sfide 1. Alphabet 2020 per Un libro di un autore il cui cognome inizi per Q 2. Extra-Large 2020 - Modalità difficile (COMPLETA!, #608 pagine). ( ) JaqJaq | Jan 7, 2022 | I'll just warn you right now, there's a lot of science in this book. Like, for real equations and collection methods and peer-reviewed papers science. Don't be scared though, because the author is here for you. He makes the science palatable and easy to grasp. In addition, the viruses are scary, but the writing is never sensationalist (but still, scary viruses). Finally, if you are able, do (literally) the world a favor and get your flu shot. ( ) JessicaReadsThings | Dec 2, 2021 | Brilliant. Hugely informative and yet easy to read. Amongst much else explains why we could eliminate smallpox and, pretty well, polio, but not flu or malaria or the common cold. The first 2 are not hiding inside animal populations, i.e. no spillover. And of course several predictions of the current Covid drama. He was a journalist for Nat Geographic so his stories are also travel stories too. And each case is almost like a Sherlock Holmes, following clues, meeting people, sometimes just reading, but mostly it's live and personal. I'll be reading more of him. ( ) vguy | Oct 26, 2021 | Really good research and writing that got slow at times. (  ) Gadi_Cohen | Sep 22, 2021 |
 Human beings are restless, nosey and aggressive. These characteristics have made us one of the most invasive species our planet has ever encountered and allowed us to colonise nearly every terrestrial environment. During this progress, humans have made many acquisitions, several of them unwanted. Our constant movement between vast, populous cities and novel environments makes us easy prey for opportunistic pathogens that replicate fast, and transmit by sneezes and dirty hands before sickness even begins to show. These pathogens can spread around the world in hours by aeroplane to infect the unsuspecting on another continent. That's how "swine flu" spread in 2009; it was already unstoppable by the time we noticed it. We were lucky it wasn't particularly virulent..... Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiImeline Teadus (16)
"Science writing as detective story at its best." Jennifer Ouellette, Scientific AmericanA New York Times NotableEbola, SARS, Hendra, AIDS, and countless other deadly viruses all have one thing in common: the bugs that transmit these diseases all originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. In this gripping account, David Quammen takes the reader along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge and asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?
"Non vengono da un altro pianeta e non nascono dal nulla. I responsabili della prossima pandemia sono già tra noi, sono virus che oggi colpiscono gli animali ma che potrebbero da un momento all'altro fare un salto di specie - uno "spillover" in gergo tecnico - e colpire anche gli esseri umani... Il libro è unico nel suo genere: un po'saggio sulla storia della medicina e un po'"reportage", è stato scritto in sei anni di lavoro durante i quali Quammen ha seguito gli scienziati al lavoro nelle foreste congolesi, nelle fattorie australiane e nei mercati delle affollate città cinesi. L'autore ha intervistato testimoni, medici e sopravvissuti, ha investigato e raccontato con stile quasi da poliziesco la corsa alla comprensione dei meccanismi delle malattie. E tra le pagine più avventurose, che tengono il lettore con il fiato sospeso come quelle di un romanzo "noir", è riuscito a cogliere la preoccupante peculiarità di queste malattie". «LE SCIENZE» Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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