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Viral : the search for the origin of COVID-19

Chan, Alina (author.). Ridley, Matt, (author.).

Summary: In this real-life detective story, a scientist and writer team up to try to discover how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometers away in Wuhan.

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  • ISBN: 006313912X
  • ISBN: 9780063139121
  • Physical Description: 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-390) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: The mystery -- The copper mine -- Viruses -- The Wuhan whistleblowers -- The seafood market -- The pangolin papers -- Bats and the virus hunters -- Laboratory leaks -- Gain of function -- The furin cleavage site -- The other eight -- Popsicle origins and the World Health Organization -- Spillover -- Accident -- The origin of Covid-19 -- Truth will out -- Timeline.

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Subject: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 (Disease) Etiology

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Wayne/Pike Local Consortium.

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  • 1 current hold with 6 total copies.
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Newfoundland Area Library 616.2 CHA (Text) 38445000504913 Nonfiction Available -
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