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Url Phantomhive rated it

10 years ago

text Ebola

I like microbiology, as in I like to learn about it (not I like the diseases). For me it's one of the most interesting fields of biomedical sciences. So I've chosen all extra microbiology courses, like Virology and Advanced Microbiology, but did I learn about Ebola? During my first course Microbio...

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Elentarri's Book Blog rated it

10 years ago

text Ebola: The Natural and Human History

90% of this book is an extract from the authors previous book [b:Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic|17573681|Spillover Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic|David Quammen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1364847295s/17573681.jpg|19249362], with the remaining 10% being a s...

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Bettie's Books rated it

10 years ago

text Ebola: The Natural and Human History

bookshelves: e-book, net-galley, published-2014, autumn-2014, adventure, a-questing-we-shall-go, afr-gabon, african-continent, anthropology, boo-scary, contemporary, disaster, environmental-issues, eye-scorcher, forest, ipad, lifestyles-deathstyles, medical-eew, nonfiction, ouch, plague-disease, ru...

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Kaethe rated it

10 years ago

text Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic - David Quammen

This is a book about zoonoses, diseases that come to humans from other animals. It is scary, sure, because there are always new microbes out there ready to go rampaging through our vast society. It is also rather comforting, both the methodical search for vectors and reservoirs, the details of trans...

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Elentarri's Book Blog rated it

10 years ago

text The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction

Excellent book about island biogeography and how this applies to continental conservation management.

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Inked Brownies rated it

10 years ago

text De reis van de Beagle

Dit is het verhaal waarin de evolutietheorie geboren is. Het is best spannend om met deze kennis in het achterhoofd te beginnen met lezen. "Wanneer komt hij op de Galapagos-eilanden aan en ziet hij de vinken?!", is waar ik in het begin alleen maar aan kon denken. Wat uiteraard een beetje dom is, aan...

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Elentarri's Book Blog rated it

11 years ago

text The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder

Lots of waffling, lack of substance. Ok, some of it was amusing, but ultimately I found it a rather boring collection of articles.

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Betsy's Non-Blog rated it

11 years ago

text Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

This was an excellent survey of various "spillover" infections and how they were identified. It is a fascinating subject, and Quammen handles it very well. Very thorough, but with humor and empathy. The writing style is almost like an accomplished and very knowledgeable storyteller. It works wel...

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Elentarri's Book Blog rated it

11 years ago

text Spillover: Emerging Diseases, Animal Hosts, and the Future of Human Health

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic is a brilliantly written book exploring various infectious diseases, many of them zoonoses, such as Hendra, Ebola, Marburg, Malaria, SARS, HIV etc. The author explores the origin, transmission, spread and effects of these diseases on human ...

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Bettie's Books rated it

11 years ago

text Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

recco from GeeVeeMany Thanks

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