The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus

Type

Book

Authors

Richard Preston

ISBN 10

0385479565

ISBN 13

9780385479561

Tags

Diseases & Physical Ailments, Research, Public Health, Virology, Communicable Diseases, Viral, Forensic Medicine, Medicine

Description

The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus. Soon to be 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. - from Amzon

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