| ISBN |
0393066800 (hardcover)
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| ISBN13桁 |
9780393066807 (hardcover)
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| テキストの言語 |
英語
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| 分類：NDC10版 |
493.8
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| 個人著者標目 |
Quammen, David,
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| 生没年等 |
1948-
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| 本タイトル |
Spillover :
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| タイトル関連情報 |
animal infections and the next human pandemic /
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| 著者名 |
David Quammen.
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| その他のタイトル |
Animal infections and the next human pandemic
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| 版表示 |
1st ed.
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| 出版地・頒布地 |
New York :
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| 出版者・頒布者名 |
W.W. Norton & Co.,
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| 出版年・頒布年 |
c2012.
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| 数量 |
587 p. ;
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| 大きさ |
25 cm.
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| 書誌注記 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-558) and index.
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| 内容注記 |
Pale horse -- Thirteen gorillas -- Everything comes from somewhere -- Dinner at the rat farm -- The deer, the parrot, and the kid next door -- Going viral -- Celestial hosts -- The chimp and the river-- It depends.
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| 要約、抄録、注釈等 |
This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world, describing a process called "spillover" where illness originates in wild animals before being passed to humans and discusses the potential for the next huge pandemic. 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. As globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient ecosystems, penetrating ever deeper into the furthest reaches of the planet, we encounter strange and dangerous infections that originate in animals but can be transmitted to humans. It is reckoned that at least 60% of our infections diseases derive from animals. Diseases that were contained are being set free and the results are potentially catastrophic. The author 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. He takes the reader along on this 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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| 一般件名 |
Animals as carriers of disease.
Zoonoses -- etiology -- Popular Works. |
| 資料情報1 |
『Spillover :
animal infections and the next human pandemic /』1st ed. David Quammen. W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.
（所蔵館：中央
請求記号：F/493.80/Q10/S
資料コード：7102129260）
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| URL |
https://catalog.library.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/winj/opac/switch-detail.do?lang=ja&bibid=1352006129 |
