Dancing Matrix: How Science Confronts Emerging Viruses
Dancing Matrix: How Science Confronts Emerging Viruses by Robin Marantz Henig, published by Vintage on February 1, 1994, offers an insightful examination of the challenges posed by emerging viruses. This edition, comprising 269 pages, delves into the ongoing battle against viral diseases, particularly in the context of the AIDS crisis and potential future pandemics. The book explores the threats posed by viruses such as dengue fever and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, highlighting the increasing risk to human health as these pathogens cross into new territories.
Readers will find a comprehensive overview of virology, detailing what viruses are, how they spread, and the scientific efforts to combat them. The narrative combines theoretical insights with real-life medical scenarios, presenting a blend of suspense and informative science reportage. Updated with the latest research, this work addresses the complexities of viral diseases and the ongoing quest of epidemiologists to understand and mitigate these emerging threats.
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Even as humanity reels beneath the assault of AIDS, epidemiologists are gearing themselves up for the plague’s successor. It might be dengue fever, whose carrier, the Asian tiger mosquito, has recently appeared in the United States, or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has been transmitted by contaminated human growth hormone. The next pandemic might be caused by any of a dozen viruses that were once confined to other species or territories but now place human beings at risk as we increasingly cross their boundaries.
Updated to include the latest research and developments, this fascinating and sometimes unsetting book sums up all that we currently know about viruses: what they are, how they spread, and how scientists are trying to outwit them. Interweaving theory and real-life medical drama, A Dancing Matrix is science reportage at its most suspenseful and informative.
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