Avian Reservoirs: Virus Hunters and Birdwatchers in Chinese Sentinel Posts

by Frédéric Keck

Book Overview

After experiencing the SARS outbreak in 2003, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan all invested in various techniques to mitigate future pandemics involving myriad cross-species interactions between humans and birds. In some locations microbiologists allied with veterinarians and birdwatchers to follow the mutations of flu viruses in birds and humans and create preparedness strategies, while in others, public health officials worked toward preventing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478006986
• ISBN13: 9781478006985
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"