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3986415The Coming Plaguehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-coming-plague-9781429953276/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2537170/03e7176c-fd1e-414e-ad3d-24f8d9b5fbe0.jpg?v=638384110295970000258359MXNFarrar, Straus and GirouxInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A <em>New York Times</em> bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>The definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize</strong>winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett</p><p><strong>"Prodigiously researched . . .</strong> <strong>A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one."</strong> <strong>Michiko Kakutani, <em>The New York Times</em></strong></p><p>After decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours.</p><p>Relying on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology, and medicine, as well as field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, Central America, and the United States, Laurie Garretts <em>The Coming Plague</em> takes readers from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forests of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo on a harrowing, fifty year journey through the history of our battles with microbes. This book is a work of investigative reportage like no other and a wake-up call to a world that has become complacent in the face of infectious diseaseone that offers a sobering and prescient warning about the dangers of ignoring the coming plague.</p>...3922207The Coming Plague258359https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-coming-plague-9781429953276/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2537170/03e7176c-fd1e-414e-ad3d-24f8d9b5fbe0.jpg?v=638384110295970000InStockMXN99999DIEbook19949781429953276_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_<p><strong>A <em>New York Times</em> bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>The definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize</strong>winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett</p><p><strong>Prodigiously researched . . .</strong> <strong>A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one.</strong> <strong>Michiko Kakutani, <em>The New York Times</em></strong></p><p>After decades spent assuming that the conquest of infectious disease was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours.</p><p>Relying on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology, and medicine, as well as field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe, Central America, and the United States, Laurie Garretts <em>The Coming Plague</em> takes readers from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forests of the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo on a harrowing, fifty year journey through the history of our battles with microbes. This book is a work of investigative reportage like no other and a wake-up call to a world that has become complacent in the face of infectious diseaseone that offers a sobering and prescient warning about the dangers of ignoring the coming plague.</p>9781429953276_Farrar, Straus and Girouxlibro_electonico_8a254b9c-de45-426e-91c6-084658e528a2_9781429953276;9781429953276_9781429953276Laurie GarrettInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillan-epub-8cd44c2c-aa71-4179-acbe-58b7bff3ead4.epub1994-10-31T00:00:00+00:00Farrar, Straus and Giroux