Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic
/ David Quammen
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co. , c2012
- 587 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Pale horse -- Thirteen gorillas -- Everything comes from somewhere -- Dinner at the rat farm -- The deer, the parrot, and the kid next door -- Going viral -- Celestial hosts -- It depends.
A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.