Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest
Title | Chimp & the River: How AIDS Emerged from an African Forest PDF eBook |
Author | David Quammen |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2015-02-16 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0393350851 |
In this "frightening and fascinating masterpiece" (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS. The real story of AIDS—how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people—is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's hair-raising investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations in the jungles of southeastern Cameroon to laboratories across the globe, as he unravels the mysteries of when, where, and under what circumstances such a consequential "spillover" can happen. An audacious search for answers amid more than a century of data, The Chimp and the River tells the haunting tale of one of the most devastating pandemics of our time.
The Chimp and the River
Title | The Chimp and the River PDF eBook |
Author | David Quammen |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-01-27 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0393350843 |
In this "frightening and fascinating masterpiece" (Walter Isaacson), David Quammen explores the true origins of HIV/AIDS. The real story of AIDS—how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people—is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's hair-raising investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations in the jungles of southeastern Cameroon to laboratories across the globe, as he unravels the mysteries of when, where, and under what circumstances such a consequential "spillover" can happen. An audacious search for answers amid more than a century of data, The Chimp and the River tells the haunting tale of one of the most devastating pandemics of our time.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
Title | Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic PDF eBook |
Author | David Quammen |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 591 |
Release | 2012-10 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0393066800 |
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerginghuman diseases.
The Origins of AIDS
Title | The Origins of AIDS PDF eBook |
Author | Jacques Pépin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 395 |
Release | 2021-01-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108487491 |
An updated edition of Jacques Pépin's acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.
The River
Title | The River PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Hooper |
Publisher | Back Bay |
Pages | 1118 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780316371377 |
A British medical journalist offers a meticulously researched look at HIV and its potential source, discussing the history of this lethal epidemic, analyzing a number of theories concerning its origins, and investigating current scientific inquiries into HIV, AIDS, and the search for a cure. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Virus Hunt
Title | Virus Hunt PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy H. Crawford |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2013-06-27 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0199641145 |
Virus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour. Tracing the fascinating twenty year quest to find the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, Dorothy H. Crawford takes us on a journey around the world, to recount the vital research that eventually unravelled how, when, and where the virus first infected humans.
The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses
Title | The Evolution and Emergence of RNA Viruses PDF eBook |
Author | Edward C. Holmes |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 267 |
Release | 2009-06-25 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0199211124 |
While the study of viral evolution has developed rapidly in the last 30 years, little attention has been directed toward linking the mechanisms of viral evolution to the epidemiological outcomes of these processes. This book intends to fill this gap by considering the patterns and processes of viral evolution at all its spatial and temporal scales.