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It took me a while to read this book, as it’s just such a wealth of information! I went through it slowly and with a mind to write down and remember what I could ahead of a masters degree and it was a great base and foundation for infectious diseases.
Such an informative book and covered a wide breadth of topics. From Hendra, NIPAH, Ebola, Q-fever, Psittacosis, Influenza, AIDS/SIV, Simian Foamy Virus, Herpesviruses to Malaria, Lymes and many more.
It covers all sorts of bacterial, viral and vector borne diseases and discusses them in such a way that makes this book perfect for first time readers. You don’t need to have read anything on this subject before and makes for effortless and entertaining reading with the authors fab writing style.
The storytelling is great, and follows the authors journey around the world, discovering sites of disease origin and interviewing eminent researchers from around the globe.
It’s split into chapters and broken down into sub sections which makes the reading easier and less daunting (despite the fact it has a fairly impressive page count). It is written before our current pandemic though and has a great chapter on speculating the ‘Next Big One’ in disease.
The book also discusses disease ecology and evolution, a human role in transmissions, infection and why they are on the rise. The book certainly delivered on discussing the topic it set out too and I thoroughly recommend if you find yourself interested in this topic!
Such an informative book and covered a wide breadth of topics. From Hendra, NIPAH, Ebola, Q-fever, Psittacosis, Influenza, AIDS/SIV, Simian Foamy Virus, Herpesviruses to Malaria, Lymes and many more.
It covers all sorts of bacterial, viral and vector borne diseases and discusses them in such a way that makes this book perfect for first time readers. You don’t need to have read anything on this subject before and makes for effortless and entertaining reading with the authors fab writing style.
The storytelling is great, and follows the authors journey around the world, discovering sites of disease origin and interviewing eminent researchers from around the globe.
It’s split into chapters and broken down into sub sections which makes the reading easier and less daunting (despite the fact it has a fairly impressive page count). It is written before our current pandemic though and has a great chapter on speculating the ‘Next Big One’ in disease.
The book also discusses disease ecology and evolution, a human role in transmissions, infection and why they are on the rise. The book certainly delivered on discussing the topic it set out too and I thoroughly recommend if you find yourself interested in this topic!