Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Seven of the best books about pathogens

At Paste magazine B. David Zarley tagged seven viral books about pathogens, including:
Virus Hunter by C.J. Peters and Mark Olshaker

Peters has chased down, studied and stymied viruses in both military and civilian capacities as a member of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease and the Center for Disease Control. Virus Hunter details his remarkable career, from his years as a student at Johns Hopkins University and his time handling deadly diseases in the Panama Canal Zone to dealing with a strain of Ebola in suburban Washington, DC and confronting a mystery outbreak in the American Southwest.
Read about another book on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue