Spillover
内容简介
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.
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. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. He recounts adventures in the field—netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo—with the world’s leading disease scientists. In Spillover Quammen takes the reader along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge, and he asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?
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作者简介
David Quammen is the author of The Song of the Dodo, among other books. He has been honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is the recipient of a John Burroughs Medal and the National Magazine Award. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.
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读书文摘
猴痘和天花类似，是由一种与天花病毒有着密切关系的病毒引起的，对生活在中非和西非的人们构成了持续的威胁。猴痘和天花有一个非常重要的区别：它能感染人类以外的灵长类动物（这种疾病也因此得名）和其他哺乳动物，如老鼠、田鼠、松鼠、兔子和美国草原狗。
有时候，更简单的方法也能在当地遏止接触性散播。过去很可能经常发生，只是我们不知道。建议：如果你的丈夫感染了埃博拉病毒，给他食物、水、爱，或许加上祈祷，但要保持距离，耐心等待，希望一切都好——如果他离去，不要用手清理他的遗体。最好退出来，给他飞吻，然后烧掉小屋。
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