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Title Viral : the search for the origin of COVID-19 / Alina Chan and Matt Ridley.
Author Chan, Alina, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
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 Hiawassee  614.5 CHA    Check Shelves
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 South Trail  614.5 CHA    Check Shelves
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Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-390) and index.
Subject COVID-19 (Disease) -- Etiology.
COVID-19 (Disease)
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
Added Author Ridley, Matt, author.
ISBN 9780063139121 hc. : $29.99
006313912X hc.