THE FEBRUARY NATURE BOOK OF THE MONTH IS SPILLOVER, ANIMAL INFECTIONS AND THE NEXT HUMAN PANDEMIC, BY DAVID QUAMMEN

He has been called “our best science writer”, which is probably true. Reviewed by Nancy Ironside.This may be the toughest, the most unpleasant and the most significant book I have ever read – all 710 pages of it.It is primarily about viruses that have an animal reservoir – zoonotic viruses. Veterinary science and human medicine…