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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476758003321

Autore

Fearnley Lyle

Titolo

Virulent zones : animal disease and global health at China's pandemic center / / Lyle Fearnley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-4780-0999-3

1-4780-1258-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Experimental futures

Classificazione

LC 56440

Disciplina

614.5180951222

Soggetti

Influenza - Research - China - Poyang Lake

Viruses - Research - China - Poyang Lake

Agriculture - Environmental aspects - China - Poyang Lake

Animals as carriers of disease

Zoonoses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The origins of pandemics -- Pathogenic reservoirs -- Livestock revolutions -- Wild goose chase -- Affinity and access -- Office vets and duck doctors.

Sommario/riassunto

"Lyle Fearnley situates the production of ecological facts about the likely epicenter of viral pandemics inside the shifting cultural landscapes of agrarian change and the geopolitics of global health."--