Mr Quammen s book, Spillover, is a scientific narrative rather than an historical one,focusing on zoonotic infections, those that pass from animals to humans. This categorymakes up nearly two-thirds of all human infectious diseases, including rabies, Ebola andmalaria. The three most recent outbreaksof SARS, bird flu and swine fluindicate thatthe next pandemic is likely to be zoonotic in origin.
奎曼的《溢出效应》与其说是采取了历史性的叙述方式,不如说是从科学角度进行了描述。本书主要论述动物传染病在人类身上引发的感染。在所有人类传染疾病方面,这个范畴占了将近三分之二,其中包括狂犬病、埃博拉病毒和疟疾。历史上最近三次的传染病爆发暗示下一场大范围流行病可能也会起源于动物传染病。
Mr Quammen analyses individual diseases, searching for patterns in their outbreaks. Most ofthe chapters focus on a single infection, and he ranges with ease over decades andcontinents, drawing upon years of interviews and field trips with scientists. Mr Quammen is alively writer and a good detective, tracing diseases from their first appearance back totheir originsin some cases, still unsettled.
奎曼分析了一些疾病个例,从它们的爆发情况中寻找规律。本书大部分章节主要描写单一的某种疾病感染。凭借多年的探访经验以及和科学家们一起做的实地考察,奎曼游刃有余地涉及了几十年来各个大洲的感染情况。他是一位笔触生动的作家,也像是一名神探,从疾病首次出现时追溯到它们的爆发源头某些疾病究竟起源于何处仍然悬而未决。
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