Virus hunter
by C.J. Peters · first published 1998
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C. J. Peters has been on the front lines of our biological battle against "hot" viruses around the world for three decades. In the course of that career he has learned countless lessons about our interspecies turf wars with infectious agents: the terrifying symptoms and sometimes fatal diseases different virus families and strains cause, the importance of finding out how a virus is spread, as well as identifying the virus reservoir - the species of insect or animal where the virus hides. Called in to contain an outbreak of deadly hemorrhagic fever in Bolivia, he confronts the despair of tryin
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…http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Naked-Mind-Field-Mullis/dp/067... Any particular area of science that interests you? Also, if you want something non-fictional and thrilling, look into accounts of epidemology. http://www.amazon.com/Virus-Hunter-Thirty-Battling-Viruses/d... Also, I read alot of medical thrillers which are fiction by the author Robin Cook. There are many true facts about science mixed in so you might want to consider that.
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