‘Breeding Influenza – The Political Virology of Offshore Farming’ and Paul Farmer’s Diary

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‘Breeding Influenza – The Political Virology of Offshore Farming’ and Paul Farmer’s Diary

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Discuss about ‘Breeding Influenza – The Political Virology of Offshore Farming’ and Paul Farmer’s Diary.

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Farmer and Wallace seek to address the prevalence and causes of viral epidemiology. Viral diseases continue to be a concern for the healthcare system, meaning viral pandemics take a toll on these systems. The two authors take a different approach to addressing two viral infections. Wallace specifically explores how offshore farming triggers influenza while Farmer explains that Ebola haemorrhagic fever has been documented to be a zoonosis, meaning it leaps from animals to human hosts.  

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