The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic - Softcover

Sipress, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143118307 ISBN 13: 9780143118305

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2010

Synopsis

In 2009, Swine Flu reminded us that pandemics still happen, and award- winning journalist Alan Sipress reminds us that far worse could be brewing. When a highly lethal strain of avian flu broke out in Asia in 2003 and raced westward, Sipress, as a reporter for The Washington Post, tracked the virus across nine countries, watching its secrets elude the world's brightest scientists and most intrepid disease hunters. A vivid portrayal of the struggle between man and microbe, The Fatal Strain is a fast-moving account that weaves cultural, political, and scientific strands into a tale of inevitable pandemic.

About this title

Review:

Superb and sobering (The Washington Post)

A thorough reporter who knows how to tell a story (Bloomberg News)

About the Author:

Alan Sipress is economics editor at The Washington Post and a longtime foreign correspondent, based most recently in Southeast Asia. In 2005, a Post team he anchored was awarded the Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline Writing for coverage of the South Asian tsunami. This is his first book. He lives in Washington, D.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0143118307
• ISBN 13: 9780143118305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416