The Fatal Strain
On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic| By: | Alan Sipress |
| Publisher: | Penguin US |
| Print ISBN: | 9780670021277 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781101145517 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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In 2009, Swine Flu reminded us that pandemics still happen, and award- winning journalist Alan Sipress reminds us that far worse could be brewing. When a highly lethal strain of avian flu broke out in Asia in 2003 and raced westward, Sipress, as a reporter for The Washington Post, tracked the virus across nine countries, watching its secrets elude the world's brightest scientists and most intrepid disease hunters. A vivid portrayal of the struggle between man and microbe, The Fatal Strain is a fast-moving account that weaves cultural, political, and scientific strands into a tale of inevitable pandemic.