Pandemic: A Global History of Deadly Infections

In the past 50 years, more than 300 infectious diseases have emerged for the first time or reappeared in new territories. Experts worldwide are anxiously preparing for a devastating deadly epidemic.
In the book «Pandemic», award-winning science journalist Sonia Shah illustrates how it could happen, drawing parallels between cholera - one of the most dangerous and terrifying pathogens in the world - and new diseases lurking in wait today.
By describing the stages of cholera's dramatic march - from a harmless microbe to a pandemic capable of changing the world, Shah discusses the pathogens trailing behind it: from the MRSA bacteria that afflicted her own family to new, previously unseen killers emerging in Chinese food markets, surgical rooms in Delhi, shantytowns in Port-au-Prince, and on the urban outskirts of the East Coast. The picture is both impressive and alarming.
The book deeply explores the issues of complex science, strange politics, and the convoluted history of one of the world's most terrifying diseases, warning of a possible future that cannot be ignored.