Chapter Summary Of The Hot Zone

“The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston, tells of the many incidents and cases of Ebola that broke out during our world from the 1960’s to 1990’s. It starts in Kitum Cave of Kenya, Africa, with the case of Charles Monet, who dies of an unknown disease that is later discovered to be Ebola. The book then tells of many other cases before Monet’s death. Several years after Monet’s death, a scientist named Nancy Jaax discovers a new strand of Ebola after examining tissue from monkeys who were dying in a of an “unknown” virus. The army is then alerted of this outbreak, and every monkey in the facility is euthanized, dissected, and has blood drawn for further study. It is later discovered that this strand is Ebola Reston, which is deadly to monkeys but