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Control # 1 2022023514
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20230523092241.0
Fixed Data 8 220610s2023 mduab b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2022023514
ISBN 20    $a9781421446363$q(hardcover$qacid-free paper)
ISBN 20    $z9781421446370$q(ebook$qacid-free paper)
Obsolete 39    $a334193$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
LC Call 50 00 $aQR201.V55$bR47 2023
Dewey Class 82 00 $a616.9/101$223/eng/20220831
ME:Pers Name 100 $aReperant, Leslie Anne Paulette,$d1980-$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aFatal jump :$btracking the origins of pandemics /$cLeslie Reperant.
Tag 264 264  1 $aBaltimore, Maryland :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2023.
Phys Descrpt 300    $ax, 507 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 429-485) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aPreface -- Part I. On the Origin of Plagues -- Parasites, Pathogens and the Tree of Life -- The Red Queen and the Court Jester -- Heirlooms and Souvenirs -- New Alliances and Painful Scars -- Part II. The Ghosts of Plagues Past -- Medieval Outcasts -- Cryptic Plagues -- Disease Conquests -- Conquering Diseases -- Part III. Emergence -- Heavy Harvests -- Going Global -- Tipping Points -- Epilogue: One Health and the Mad Hatter.
Abstract 520    $a"This book invites the reader to explore the chains of improbable events that can mold a long unknown pathogen into an agent of distress and tragedy for humanity."--$cProvided by publisher.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPathogenic viruses$xHistory.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aVirus diseases$xPathogenesis.