Asymptomatic
The Silent Spread of COVID-19 and the Future of Pandemics
$106.36
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2024
Summary
The riveting account of how asymptomatic transmission drove COVID-19’s global spread and catalyzed interventions to control it.
Why was COVID-19 so difficult to contain and so devastating to people and economies worldwide? In Asymptomatic, author Joshua S. Weitz explains how silent transmission enabled COVID-19’s massive and tragic global impact.
Weaving the science of viral infections together with an insider’s look at response efforts, Weitz guides …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781421450483 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1421450488 |
| Author: | Joshua S. Weitz |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
Weitz gives us a work that will surely be remembered as a modern classic on topics related to epidemics, and a shining example of how one need not sacrifice technical rigor for social relevance.
—C Brandon Ogbunugafor, Virus Evolution
[Asymptomatic] is a satisfying read…This book helps readers understand the complexity of the problem, situational awareness, and the dangers of relying solely on complex computer modeling and simulations alone.
—© Doody’s Review Service, 2025
Joshua S. Weitz
Joshua S. Weitz (ROCKVILLE, MD) is a professor of biology and the Clark Leadership Chair in Data Analytics at the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, a Simons Foundation Investigator in the Theoretical Physics of Living Systems, and the author of Quantitative Viral Ecology: Dynamics of Viruses and Their Microbial Hosts and Quantitative Biosciences: Dynamics across Cells, Organisms, and Populations.
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