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Originally published on Sun September 30, 2012 7:04 am
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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:
About 10 years ago, doctors in southern China started seeing a lot of patients with signs of what looked like a new illness.
DAVID QUAMMEN: It's like a very, very bad flu that gets people coughing and wheezing and with lung blockage.
MARTIN: That's David Quammen. He's a science writer who writes about the emergence of human diseases in his new book, "Spillover."
QUAMMEN: It causes a throbbing headache and a high fever. And then in some cases, if I recall correctly, it begins to cause organ shutdown, as well.
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