06322cam a2201117 4500 2738872537 TxAuBib 20260429120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063273603 0063273608 B0B255FQQP Amazon 39822f5b-4355-4042-bd6f-61b4d3ff712b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9042642 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ridley, Matt. Viral [Libby eBook] : The Search for the Origin of Covid-19. HarperCollins, 2022. mysterious patterns in genomic sequences. beijing institute of pathogen biology. international scientific research. broad institute of mit & harvard. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Wuhan Institute of Virology. the evolution of everything. world health organization. bioengineering training. expeditions underground. The Rational Optimist. genomics of the virus. infecting human cells. who scientists report. how innovation works. laboratory accidents. Genetic engineering. genomic discoveries. furin cleavage site. unexplained illness. dr. zhong nanshan. smuggled wildlife. scientist author. wildlife market. origin of virus. natural origins. investigations. horseshoe bats. the red queen. epidemiology. food markets. genetic code. peter daszak. mojiang mine. catastrophe. plague year. Coronavirus. conspiracy. quarantine. Index case. mutations. Expertise. pangolins. Bat Caves. pandemic. armchair. whodunit. Evidence. Medicine. Genetics. Genomics. Epidemic. lab leak. disease. Experts. Science. global . vaccine. illness. Biology. future. health. Genome. Guide. China. SARS. cov. HTML:"Chan and Ridley write with an urgency...that inspires gripping depictions of what viruses are, how infectious-disease laboratories work and wonderfully lucid descriptions of bats. . . . They powerfully recount how dangerous pathogens can both leak from a lab and emerge in nature." (New York Times Book Review) Understanding how Covid-19 started is crucial for the future of humankind. Viral is the most incisive and authoritative book about the search for the source of the virus. A new virus descended on the human species in 2019 wreaking unprecedented havoc. Finding out where it came from and how it first jumped into people is an urgent priority, but early expectations that this would prove an easy question to answer have been dashed. Nearly two years into the pandemic, the crucial mystery of the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is not only unresolved but has deepened. In this uniquely insightful book, a scientist and a writer join forces to try to get to the bottom of how a virus whose closest relations live in bats in subtropical southern China somehow managed to begin spreading among people more than 1,500 kilometres away in the city of Wuhan. They grapple with the baffling fact that the virus left none of the expected traces that such outbreaks usually create: no infected market animals or wildlife, no chains of early cases in travellers to the city, no smouldering epidemic in a rural area, no rapid adaptation of the virus to its new host—human beings. To try to solve this pressing mystery, Viral delves deep into the events of 2019 leading up to 2021, the details of what went on in animal markets and virology laboratories, the records and data hidden from sight within archived Chinese theses and websites, and the clues that can be coaxed from the very text of the virus's own genetic code. The result is a gripping detective story that takes the reader deeper and deeper into a metaphorical cave of mystery. One by one the authors explore promising tunnels only to show that they are blind alleys, until, miles beneath the surface, they find themselves tantalisingly close to a shaft that leads to the light. <li>Lab Leak vs. Natural Origin: Follow the evidence as the authors rigorously investigate both possibilities—a natural spillover from an animal or an accidental leak from a lab—without bias.</li> <li>Deep Investigation: Go beyond the headlines with a meticulous dive into hidden data from archived Chinese theses, scientific publications, and secret websites to piece together what really happened in 2019.</li> <li>The Bat Coronavirus Mystery: Unravel the puzzle of how a virus whose closest known relatives live in bats in southern China began spreading in Wuhan, over 1,500 kilometers away.</li> <li>Gain-of-Function Research: Examine the high-stakes world of virology, where scientists alter pathogens to understand them, and explore the risks and debates surrounding this controversial work.</li>. Nonfiction. Education. Medical. Science. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-04-29 20:00:02. Chan, Alina. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=39822f5b-4355-4042-bd6f-61b4d3ff712b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=39822f5b-4355-4042-bd6f-61b4d3ff712b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)