In many ways, this massive account of the dangers mi- crobes pose is two books, one serious and scholarly, the other popular and even a bit sensationalistic. Based on extensive interviews with leading experts in virology, molecular biology, disease ecology and medicine, as well as field research in sub-Saharan Africa, Western Euope, Central America and the United States, The Coming Plague takes readers from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forests of northen Zaire on a harrowing, fifty year journey through our battles with the microbes, and tells us what must be done to prevent the coming plague.' - Publisher. Laurie Garrett’s magnum opus The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance is the most noteworthy mass-marketed contribution to the genre.

'After four decades of assuming that the conquest of all infectous diseases was imminent, people on all continents now find themselves besieged by AIDS, drug-resistant tuberculosis, cholera that defies chlorine water treatment, and exotic viruses that can kill in a matter of hours. Garrett first discusses a variety of diseases, and then offers several solutions to avoid a global epidemic. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance by Laurie Garrett is a very detailed account of the new concerns arising over the possibility of a global plague epidemic. xiii, 750 pages, illustrations, maps 25 cm. Laurie Garrett is a science contributor for NBC News and MSNBC and a former senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

The coming plague by laurie garrett