CEO Leslie Reperant published her first popular science book!

Fatal Jump

Tracking the Origins of Pandemics

Published at Johns Hopkins University Press.

21 March 2023 ISBN 9781421446363

This book is a journey, by leaps and bounds around the world and through time, to examine the extraordinary circumstances—evolutionary, ecological, and otherwise—that converged and gave birth to some of our most wicked and unexpected plagues and pandemics.

— Leslie Reperant, author

Reviews

An essential one-stop shop for all you need to know about the evolution and emergence of infectious diseases. Reperant gives us a comprehensive, compelling and beautifully written account of the origin of epidemics, seamlessly combing data from the evolutionary, ecological, and genomic fields. A truly remarkable achievement.

— Edward Holmes, University of Sydney

In this her first book, Leslie Reperant has answered the question of the source of infections that sicken and cause death in humans by meticulously describing the origin of infection-causing organisms and their manipulative and unpredictable behaviour. A masterpiece of research and writing, and a must read for anyone who has ever wondered about the origins of infectious diseases.

— David L. Heymann. MD. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and editor, Control of Communicable Diseases Manual