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Pandemic : Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond
Shah, Sonia
Éditeur : PICADOR
ISBN papier: 9781250793249
Parution : 2020
Code produit : 1412075
Catégorisation :
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Science /
Littérature scientifique /
Essais scientifiques
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| Format | Qté. disp. | Prix* | Commander |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livre papier | 1 |
Prix membre : 22,05 $ Prix non-membre : 24,50 $ |
*Les prix sont en dollars canadien. Taxes et frais de livraison en sus.
Description
Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either emerged or reemerged, appearing in places where they've never before been seen. Years before the sudden arrival of COVID-19, ninety percent of epidemiologists predicted that one of them would cause a deadly pandemic sometime in the next two generations. It might be Ebola, avian flu, a drug-resistant superbug, or something completely new, like the novel virus the world is confronting today. While it was impossible to predict the emergence of SARS-CoV-2--and it remains impossible to predict which pathogen will cause the next global outbreak--by unraveling the stories of pandemics past we can begin to better understand our own future, and to prepare for what it holds in store. In Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond, Sonia Shah interweaves history, original reportage, and personal narrative to explore the origins of epidemics, drawing parallels between cholera--one of history's most deadly and disruptive pandemic-causing pathogens--and the new diseases that stalk humankind today. She 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 beachheadin 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.
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