Xia yi chang ren lei da wen yi

kua wu zhong chuan ran bing qin xi ren lei de zhi ming jie chu

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David Quammen: Xia yi chang ren lei da wen yi (Chinese language, 2016, Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si)

560 pages

Chinese language

Published 2016 by Man you zhe wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si.

ISBN:
978-986-5671-86-0
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OCLC Number:
951449682

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This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world, describing a process called "spillover" where illness originates in wild animals before being passed to humans and discusses the potential for the next huge pandemic. The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. 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. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. As globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient ecosystems, penetrating ever deeper into the furthest reaches of the planet, we encounter strange and dangerous infections that …

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  • Animals as carriers of disease