Twenty First Century Plague: The Story of SARS - Hardcover

Abraham, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9622097022 ISBN 13: 9789622097025

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press, 2005

Synopsis

In the autumn of 2002 in southern China, a previously unknown virus jumped the species barrier from animal to man, and sparked the first global epidemic of the new century. The disease sped along the air routes of a globalised world, spreading within months to 31 countries in every continent.

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Abraham is one of Asia's most experienced international journalists with a twenty-five-year career reporting from locations as varied as Sri Lanka, Geneva, and London. He has also worked at the United Nations in Geneva and been a commentator for BBC news programs. A former editor of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, he is currently on the faculty of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.

Review:

"Twenty-First Century Plague describes many of the people, events, political settings, and other contributing factors in a fascinating view of the story behind the story of the outbreak."

(Science)

"Abraham gives us an excellent and dispassionate account of the cultural and political background to the cover-up and the unfortunate consequences."

(Nature)

"The book is richly filled with facts, and they are conveyed in a captivating manner. It is as impressive as the film Outbreak. "

(New England Journal of Medicine)

"Abraham offers insights into the 'dos and don'ts' of managing a public health crisis and provides key learning points."

(JAMA)

"A ringside account of the world's recent encounter with the emerging infectious disease SARS. Engagingly written by an accomplished journalist."

(American Scientist)

"The rush to contain and unmask the agent responsible... had more plot twists than anything Robert Ludlum ever wrote."

(The Lancet)

"The book provides an important summary of many aspects of the global experience with a new disease and discusses important lessons learned from the SARS response."

(Journal of Clinical Investigation)

"In this detailed report by Abraham, the inability of health care systems to cope with such newly emergent infections is clear."

(Choice)

"A beautifully written book."

(Medical History)

"Timely and well-presented."

(Debra Rose Wilson and William A. Wilson Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved)

About this edition

• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9622097022
• ISBN 13: 9789622097025
• Binding: Hardcover