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A New York Times bestseller

The definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett

Prodigiously researched . . . A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

After decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours.

Relying on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology, and medicine, as well as field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, Central America, and the United States, Laurie Garrett''s The Coming Plague takes readers from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forests of the

The Coming Plague

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 25 August 2020
      ISBN-13 9781250796127
      978-1250796127
      ISBN-10 1250796121
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      Epidemiology and Medical statistics Health, illness or addiction: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A New York Times bestseller

      The definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett

      Prodigiously researched . . . A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

      After decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours.

      Relying on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology, and medicine, as well as field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, Central America, and the United States, Laurie Garrett''s The Coming Plague takes readers from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forests of the

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