TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PLAGUE: THE STORY OF SARS

A terrifying disease... speeding along the air routes of a globalized world

Thomas Abraham is one of Asia's most experienced international journalists with a 25-year career reporting from locations as varied as Sri Lanka, Geneva, and London. He has also worked for the United Nations in Geneva, and has been a commentator for BBC news programs. A former editor of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, he is currently on the faculty of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.

""The rush to contain and unmask the agent responsible... Had more plot twists than anything Robert Ludlum ever wrote."" – Ruth Richardson, The Lancet

""Abraham gives us an excellent and dispassionate account of the cultural and political background to the cover-up and the unfortunate consequences."" – Nature

""Abraham offers insights into the 'dos and don'ts' of managing a public health crisis and provides key learning points."" – Suok Kai Chew, Journal of the American Medical Association

""A ringside account of the world's recent encounter with the emerging infectious disease SARS. Engagingly written by an accomplished journalist."" – Robert Dorit, American Scientist

""In this detailed report by Abraham, the inability of health care systems to cope with such newly emergent infections is clear."" – Choice

""The book is richly filled with facts, and they are conveyed in a captivating manner. It is as impressive as the film Outbreak."" – New England Journal of Medicine

""Twenty-First Century Plague describes many of the people, events, political settings, and other contributing factors in a fascinating view of the story behind the story of the outbreak."" – Larry J. Anderson, Science

""The book provides an important summary of many aspects of the global experience with a new disease and discusses important lessons learned from the SARS response."" – James M. Hughes, Journal of Clinical Investigation