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Nathan Wolfe y su cacería de virus en la selva.

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El cazador de virus Nathan Wolfe burla a la próxima pandemia al ir dos pasos adelante: descubriendo nuevos y mortales virus desde donde surgen (al pasar de animales a humanos, entre los cazadores de baja subsistencia en África), antes de que cobren millones de vidas.

Armed with blood samples, high-tech tools and a small army of fieldworkers, Nathan Wolfe hopes to re-invent pandemic control -- and reveal hidden secrets of the planet's dominant lifeform: the virus. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Liliana Garcia
Reviewed by Jerry Elizondo
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