The chimp and the river
how AIDS emerged from an African forest
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Author
Contributions
- Quammen, David, 1948- - Contributor
Publication
2015 - W. W. Norton & Company, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
43,500 words, Guess
Page Count
174 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivechimpriverhowaid0000quam
- ISBN-100393350843
- ISBN-139780393350845
- Library of Congress Control Number2014042399
- OCLC Control Number880566230
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780393350845
- Open LibraryOL27178621M
Classifications
- DDC614.5/99392
- LCCQR201.A37 Q36 2015
- LCCRA643.86.A352
Alternate Titles
- How AIDS emerged from an African forest
Description
"The real story of AIDS--how it originated with a virus in a chimpanzee, jumped to one human, and then infected more than 60 million people--is very different from what most of us think we know. Recent research has revealed dark surprises and yielded a radically new scenario of how AIDS began and spread. Excerpted and adapted from the book Spillover, with a new introduction by the author, Quammen's ... investigation tracks the virus from chimp populations in the jungles of southeastern Cameroon to laboratories across the globe, as he unravels the mysteries of when, where, and under what circumstances such a consequential 'spillover' can happen"--Back cover.
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