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Goldsmith, Connie

Pandemic: How Climate, the Environment, and Superbugs Increase the Risk

136 pp. | Twenty-First Century | August, 2018 | Library ISBN 978-1-5124-5215-0 $42.65 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5415-2476-7
(3) YA In recent years, Ebola, Zika, SARS, and other viruses have increasingly threatened humans. Eight chapters outline factors contributing to the increase, including global travel, rapidly growing populations, loss of animal habitat bringing humans into closer contact with animals, and climate change. Goldsmith also discusses scientists' efforts to prevent disaster. Plenty of photos and diagrams help break up the straightforward text. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Gail Hedges

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