Reprint edition from Henry Holt & Co (August 22, 2006)
9780805081916 |
details & prices | 228 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $16.00
About: A sobering forecast of a potentially lethal virus known as H5N1, currently affecting the poultry and wild bird populations of East Asia, evaluates the World Health Organization's concerns that the virus is on the brink of mutating into a pandemic illness and cites the ecological and political factors that are contributing to the threat.