病毒来袭
Spillover
David Quammen、Cécile Dutheil de La Rochère、Eva Roques、Laurence Decréau · 初版 2012 年
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为什么值得读
- 深入讲解SARS与艾滋等病毒的跨物种传播机制
- 通俗对比RNA与DNA病毒的结构稳定性差异
- 叙事极具现场张力，揭示毒力与传染性的复杂关系
这部作品审视了世界各地新型疾病的出现及其成因，描述了被称为“溢出”（spillover）的进程——即疾病源自野生动物，随后传播给人类，并探讨了引发下一次大规模流行病的潜在可能。奇异新疾病的出现是一个令人恐惧且似乎愈演愈烈的问题。在这个出行迅速的时代，它对全球大流行构成了威胁。我们经常在新闻报道中听到埃博拉、SARS、艾滋病，以及在澳大利亚导致马匹和人类死亡的某种被称为亨德拉（Hendra）的病毒；但这些报道忽略了一个核心事实，即这些现象属于同一种模式
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……但病毒的各种反应表明，毒力与传染性并不一定成正比。如果有人想进一步了解这方面的内容，我极力推荐大卫·奎曼 2012 年出版的《大溢出》（Spillover）一书，书中涵盖了人畜共患（动物传人）病毒，包括 SARS。读到 SARS 那一章时，我简直汗毛倒竖。这……
…but there are a wide variety of virus responses that show virulence and infectiousness aren't necessarily correlated. If anyone wants to read more about this I can't recommend highly enough the book Spillover by David Quammen, which was published in 2012, and covers zoonotic (animal-to-human transmission) viruses, including SARS. Reading the section on SARS made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. It's…
https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pan... 是关于这个主题非常通俗好读的一本书。不过看完了你可能就别想睡个安稳觉了。
https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pan... Is a good and accessible read on the subject. Though it won't do anything good for your ability to sleep.
……带状疱疹。DNA 具有双螺旋结构，自带纠错机制，更加稳定。但这也让它在物理层面上体积更大、更复杂。RNA 则是小巧、粗糙且廉价的。这一切的出处都是：大卫·奎曼的《大溢出》：https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pan...，非常切合时下热点的好书，虽然读起来有点压抑但确实很棒。书中大概过半的地方正好讨论了这一点。……
…shingles. DNA has a double helix which has error-correction and is more stable. However that makes it also physically larger and more complicated. RNA is small, sloppy, and cheap. Source of all this: Spillover, David Quammen: https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pan..., it's a good & topical book, a little bleak but good. There's a discussion of exactly this about halfway through the book.…
如果你喜欢这篇文章，我强烈推荐作者的书（文末提到的——大卫·奎曼的《大溢出》）。我刚读了一半左右，觉得非常引人入胜。
If you enjoyed this article, I strongly recommend the author's book (mentioned at the end - Spillover, by David Quammen). I am about half way through and finding it very interesting.
绝对是一本强烈推荐的书。我是从奎曼的《大溢出》[0]（它本身就是一本极好——哪怕有点吓人——的书）里知道它的，在讲艾滋病的那一章把它列为参考来源，读起来真是太棒了。顺便说一句，奎曼今年也出版了他自己写的艾滋病历史专著，……
Definitely, highly recommended book. Learned of it from Quammen's "Spillover"[0] (a great — if somewhat terrifying — book in its own right) mentioning it as a source in the AIDS chapter and it was a fantastic read. Note that Quammen released his own AIDS-history book this hear,…
我重读了大卫·奎曼的《大溢出》，由衷推荐给所有想知道这些大流行病从何而来、为何如今频频爆发的人。换个轻松点的话题，推荐尼尔·盖曼的《好兆头》。
I've re-read Spillover by David Quammen and would heartily recommend it to anybody interested in where these pandemics come from and why they are happening now. On a lighter note: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman.