
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...
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (November 30, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143118307
ISBN-13: 978-0143118305
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 1835648
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