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KARL TARO GREENFELD - China Syndrome

Title: China Syndrome
Description: Penguin, 2006. Paperback. Pp: 442. Was the 2003 SARS outbreak a warning of deadly epidemics to come? Acclaimed author and journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld was on the spot when the disease was discovered. His taut, thriller-like account tells the compelling story of a lethal microbe that learnt to jump between species - from animal to human - with brutal efficiency, killing a large number of its victims and terrifying millions around the world. China Syndrome takes us on a gripping ride from the bedside of one of the first Chinese victims, via cutting-edge labs where the researchers race to identify the new illness, to conference rooms at the World Health Organization as officials desperately try to determine the true extent of the epidemic - despite a scandalous cover-up by the Chinese government. As Greenfeld reveals, the outbreak of SARS - and, now, the convergence of a deadly strain of Avian Flu - is part of a pattern of evidence suggesting that the next pandemic will also emerge from Asia. ISBN: 9780141027531. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

Keywords: 9780141027531

Price: EUR 8.00 = appr. US$ 8.69 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1832013

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