The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

Laurie Garrett

750 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced

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Unpurified drinking water. Improper use of antibiotics. Local warfare. Massive refugee migration. Changing social and environmental conditions around the world have fostered the spread of new and potentially devastating viruses and diseases—HIV, L...

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challenging 57%
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tense 28%
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reflective 14%

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