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David Quammen: The Spillover of Animal Infections to Humans

David Quammen: The Spillover of Animal Infections to Humans

FromScience Talk


David Quammen: The Spillover of Animal Infections to Humans

FromScience Talk

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Nov 18, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

David Quammen talks about his latest book, Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic . From his Web site : "The next big and murderous human pandemic, the one that kills us in millions, will be caused by a new disease--new to humans, anyway. The bug that's responsible will be strange, unfamiliar, but it won't come from outer space. Odds are that the killer pathogen--most likely a virus--will spill over into humans from a nonhuman animal"
Released:
Nov 18, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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