prairie_fairie's review
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
3.5
John Fuller chronicles the story of the race to identify a virus and the cause of it. While many books have been written about the discovery of a virus/disease and the fight against it (such as Smallpox), this is probably one of the first, besides Ebola and Marburg, which I have read which discussed all the aspects of how the scientists, doctors, researchers tried to get to the bottom of what was causing a virus that was initially confused with Yellow fever. Of interest was reading the earlier clinical methods of working in the hot labs and the methodology utilized to perform various tests to try and determine how lethal something was and at what strength.
While Lassa appeared to have sprung up in Africa, it had the chance to touch the lives of Americans and the results were devastating for some. Through good scientific methods and previous experience with other hot agents and survivors, Fuller's book recounts how an international team fought (and probably continue to fight) to save the lives of villagers on the African continent.
While Lassa appeared to have sprung up in Africa, it had the chance to touch the lives of Americans and the results were devastating for some. Through good scientific methods and previous experience with other hot agents and survivors, Fuller's book recounts how an international team fought (and probably continue to fight) to save the lives of villagers on the African continent.
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