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On the trail of Ebola : my life as a virus hunter /

Title
On the trail of Ebola : my life as a virus hunter / Guido van der Groen ; translation by Mark Swanepoel.
Author
Groen, Guido van der, 1942-
Publication
  • Tielt, Belgium : Lannoo Publishers, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Swanepoel, Mark,
Description
285 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
Summary
In the mid-seventies, Guido van der Groen and his colleagues at the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Antwerp discovered the deadly virus Ebola. Forty years later, the virus breaks out again in West-Africa. Why is this virus seemingly unstoppable? Could the epidemic have been prevented? Do we have to fear an unprecedented pandemic? To answer these questions, Guido van der Groen, an internationally renowned virus fighter, goes back to where it all began. As a virus fighter, he dedicated the rest of his career to the study of Ebola, HIV and other viruses. Van der Groen puts this unprecedented manifestation of Ebola into an international health management perspective, lifting his book on the geopolitical shelf as well. The result is an exciting read, which makes critical observations about the present pandemic psychoses and which urges authorities to invest in durable solutions. --
Uniform Title
In het spoor van ebola. English
Alternative Title
In het spoor van ebola.
Subject
  • 2017NEWDECEMBER
  • Belgium
  • Ebola virus disease
  • Ebolavirus
  • Groen, Guido van der, 1942-
  • Virologists > Belgium > Biography
  • Virologists
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographies.
  • Biography.
Note
  • "From the co-discoverer of the Ebola virus"--Cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 279) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Dutch.
Contents
Monument to a mistress -- 1942-1972 : horseshoes, Aunt Taans, and the almighty warrior -- 1973-1976 : a spaghetti virus, soiled shoes, and the brew of Père Dubois -- 1976-1980 : voices in the garden, a headless snake, and the spectre of biological warfare -- 1981-2012 : from Ebola via Hanta to GRID, from GRID to HIV and back -- 2013-2015 : pushed to the limit and beyond -- The little box.
ISBN
  • 9789401436861
  • 940143686X
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library