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[Book Review] After Ebola

ScienceNOW - Fetched: April 28th, 2016, 5:00pm UTC

Since the beginning of the Industrial Age, humans have been perturbing the natural world in ways that bring us closer to the pathogens that kill us. Often, we are not their intended host. But we'll do. In Pandemic, journalist Sonia Shah explores the biological, sociological and political factors that can ignite a global disease outbreak. "The next great contagion is out there: waiting, hiding, weaponizing," writes reviewer Christopher Kemp. Will we be ready? Author: Christopher Kemp

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