The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. • "This work of nonfiction is more terrifying than any sci-fi nightmare." —USA TODAY
Also a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.
Also a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.
A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.
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This is a thoroughly investigated, well-written book about the Marburg and Ebola viruses. It tracks the viruses from their presumed origin in Kitum Cave, in the Rift Valley, in western Kenya to a monkey house (lab animal middleman) in Reston, Virginia.
These deadly viruses, with no known cure and the ability to change to adapt to its circumstances, have an incubation of 7-18 days. You start with a headache, then you have a "fixed expression" and within a week you are bleeding from every pore of your body as the virus eats all of your connective tissue and essentially liquifies your body.
Frightening true story.
These deadly viruses, with no known cure and the ability to change to adapt to its circumstances, have an incubation of 7-18 days. You start with a headache, then you have a "fixed expression" and within a week you are bleeding from every pore of your body as the virus eats all of your connective tissue and essentially liquifies your body.
Frightening true story.
This is a reread of a book that I had to read for high school biology class, but I remembered how much I loved it, and I was not mistaken. This book goes over the history of Ebola and other related diseases, and then it talks about some clinical cases from the past before delving into the Ebola Reston case in Virginia and talking about the details of what happened this. It is clear that this book is the product of hundreds of hours of interviews with various primary sources, and his work and effort shows in the writing.
I was alternatively entertained and kept in suspense throughout this book and even though it's fiction, it reads like an intense thriller. There's a bit of a squick factor, so if you don't have a strong stomach, I don't recommend it, but otherwise, I think anyone who enjoys thrillers will like this. After all, this book is also about a killer - just not a human one.
I was alternatively entertained and kept in suspense throughout this book and even though it's fiction, it reads like an intense thriller. There's a bit of a squick factor, so if you don't have a strong stomach, I don't recommend it, but otherwise, I think anyone who enjoys thrillers will like this. After all, this book is also about a killer - just not a human one.
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