Dancing Matrix: How Science Confronts Emerging Viruses

Henig, Robin Marantz

ISBN 10: 0679730834 / ISBN 13: 9780679730835

Published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1994

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Synopsis:

Even as humanity reels beneath the assault of AIDS, epidemiologists are gearing themselves up for the plague's successor. It might be dengue fever, whose carrier, the Asian tiger mosquito, has recently appeared in the United States, or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which has been transmitted by contaminated human growth hormone. The next pandemic might be caused by any of a dozen viruses that were once confined to other species or territories but now place human beings at risk as we increasingly cross their boundaries.

Updated to include the latest research and developments, this fascinating and sometimes unsetting book sums up all that we currently know about viruses: what they are, how they spread, and how scientists are trying to outwit them. Interweaving theory and real-life medical drama, A Dancing Matrix is science reportage at its most suspenseful and informative.

About the Author: Robin Marantz Henig is a medical journalist whose work appears in many national magazines, including The New York Times Magazine, Woman’s Day, Redbook, and Mademoiselle. Her first book, The Myth of Senility: Misconceptions About the Brain and Aging, won the 1982 Media Award of the American Psychological Association. Ms. Henig lives outside Washington, D.C., with her husband and family.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dancing Matrix: How Science Confronts ...
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good