{"product_id":"deadly-river-9781501702303","title":"Deadly River","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 2010, nine months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, a second disaster began to unfoldsoon to become the world''s largest cholera epidemic in modern times. In a country that had never before reported cholera, the epidemic mysteriously and simultaneously appeared in river communities of central Haiti, eventually triggering nearly 800,000 cases and 9,000 deaths. What had caused the first cases of cholera in Haiti in recorded history? Who or what was the deadly agent of origin? Why did it explode in the agricultural-rich delta of the Artibonite River? When answers were few, rumors spread, causing social and political consequences of their own. Wanting insight, the Haitian government and French embassy requested epidemiological assistance from France. A few weeks into the epidemic, physician and infectious disease specialist Renaud Piarroux arrived in Haiti.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDeadly River\u003c\/i\u003e, Ralph R. Frerichs tells the story of the epidemic, of a French disease d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll public health students should read this book for two reasons: first, for the in-depth story of the scientific investigation of the source of the epidemic; and second, for the story of the political resistance and barriers, both powerful and subtle,that Piarroux encountered.... The description of Piarroux's investigation is fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Laura Price * International Quarterly of Community Health Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe CDC discouraged journalists from asking about the epidemic's origin, telling them that pinpointing the source was 'not productive,’ ‘not central,’ and would likely never happen. Its epidemiologists did provide a key detail early on, when they identified the strain in Haiti as having a recent South Asian origin—meaning it could have come from Nepal and not from South America, Africa, or anywhere else cholera was circulating at the time. The CDC refused to take environmental samples from around the [UN Peacekeepers] base or test the soldiers during the small window when doing either would have been worthwhile. All of this detailed in a damning new book by Ralph R. Frerichs called \u003ci\u003eDeadly River.\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jonathan M. Katz * Slate *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrerichs, a retired epidemiologist and professor emeritus of epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, has written a damning account of the political and health professional response to the cholera epidemic that broke out in Haiti in October 2010... He does so from an epidemiologist’s perspective and with a clear focus on the Haiti case. Yet, his account is written for and accessible to a wider readership and also highly relevant for students of global (health) politics.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tine Hanrieder, Dr rer pol, University of Bremen * Cambridge Review of International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Frerichs’s \u003ci\u003eDeadly River\u003c\/i\u003e is, in no small part, an object lesson on the manner in which maps make sense of chaos in the midst of complex world events.... Frerichs’s focus, and indeed his passion, lies with the microbial world and its periodic attacks on humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e * Cartographic Perspectives *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph R. Frerichs' compelling \u003ci\u003eDeadly River\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Haiti's 2010 cholera epidemic, the worst in recent history. The book is a detective story that documents how epidemiologists and others sought to quantify, decode, and combat cholera, and provides a firsthand look at the politics of medical humanitarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e * PoLAR *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. Upheaval \u003cbr\u003e 2. Vibrio Cholerae \u003cbr\u003e 3. Rumors \u003cbr\u003e 4. Stealth \u003cbr\u003e 5. Hypotheses \u003cbr\u003e 6. Maps \u003cbr\u003e 7. Altered Reality \u003cbr\u003e 8. Journalists \u003cbr\u003e 9. Secrecy \u003cbr\u003e 10. Obfuscation \u003cbr\u003e 11. Speculation \u003cbr\u003e 12. Pandemics and South Asia \u003cbr\u003e 13. Report \u003cbr\u003e 14. Vodou and Cholera \u003cbr\u003e 15. Inquiry \u003cbr\u003e 16. Politics before Science \u003cbr\u003e 17. Nepal \u003cbr\u003e 18. Concealed in the Field \u003cbr\u003e 19. Quarantine and Isolation \u003cbr\u003e 20. The Wall Cracks \u003cbr\u003e 21. Answers \u003cbr\u003e 22. Sanitation, Water, and Vaccination \u003cbr\u003e 23. Struggles and Elimination \u003cbr\u003e 24. Rapprochement \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409318912343,"sku":"9781501702303","price":29.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501702303.jpg?v=1730506404","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deadly-river-9781501702303","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}