the hot zone ch 8 cardinal
The Hot Zone Name _Kindra Morris__
By Richard Preston Date_9-27-2014__
Ch. 8 - CARDINAL
1. As the courier passed the sample of Peter Cardinal’s blood to Gene Johnson at the airport, think about how this would take place after 9/11. What would have been different?
The airport security would of checked what was in the box and tried to see if it was a bomb related object or not and it most likely would not of been let on the plane.
2. How was the sample stored for safety handling? How many levels of physical and biological protection were there?
It was covered with a mass of foam peanuts. It was in a metal dispenser with a biohazard symbol. Paper towels soaked in bleach and plastic tubes in Ziploc bags
3. What happened to Peter Cardinal?
Died in Nairobi hospital of unknown level 4 agent; possibly Marburg
4. What is the distinction between parasites and predators?
Predators have the characteristic to become invisible to its prey during the quiet and sometimes lengthy stalk that precedes an explosive attack, while parasites are organisms that live on or in hosts in a way that harms or is of no advantage to the host.
5. Describe the shape of the virus particle called the 'shepherd's crook."
Loop the eyebolt, after a bolt of the same name that can be found in a hardware store. It could also be described as a Cheerio with a long tail
6. What would you do in Nancy Jaax's situation?
Same thing
7. How did Gene Johnson culture the sample of Peter Cardinal’s blood serum? Describe the three steps of this experimental protocol.
Living monkey cells then 3 rhesus monkeys and then guinea pigs
8. What does the relative lethality rate in animal species tell us about the original host or reservoir species?
Not kill its natural host; no boundaries when it can jump species
9. What did Lt. Johnson discover about Peter Cardinal and where he had been? He did die of Marburg and he was in Kitum cave on Mount Elgon
By Richard Preston Date_9-27-2014__
Ch. 8 - CARDINAL
1. As the courier passed the sample of Peter Cardinal’s blood to Gene Johnson at the airport, think about how this would take place after 9/11. What would have been different?
The airport security would of checked what was in the box and tried to see if it was a bomb related object or not and it most likely would not of been let on the plane.
2. How was the sample stored for safety handling? How many levels of physical and biological protection were there?
It was covered with a mass of foam peanuts. It was in a metal dispenser with a biohazard symbol. Paper towels soaked in bleach and plastic tubes in Ziploc bags
3. What happened to Peter Cardinal?
Died in Nairobi hospital of unknown level 4 agent; possibly Marburg
4. What is the distinction between parasites and predators?
Predators have the characteristic to become invisible to its prey during the quiet and sometimes lengthy stalk that precedes an explosive attack, while parasites are organisms that live on or in hosts in a way that harms or is of no advantage to the host.
5. Describe the shape of the virus particle called the 'shepherd's crook."
Loop the eyebolt, after a bolt of the same name that can be found in a hardware store. It could also be described as a Cheerio with a long tail
6. What would you do in Nancy Jaax's situation?
Same thing
7. How did Gene Johnson culture the sample of Peter Cardinal’s blood serum? Describe the three steps of this experimental protocol.
Living monkey cells then 3 rhesus monkeys and then guinea pigs
8. What does the relative lethality rate in animal species tell us about the original host or reservoir species?
Not kill its natural host; no boundaries when it can jump species
9. What did Lt. Johnson discover about Peter Cardinal and where he had been? He did die of Marburg and he was in Kitum cave on Mount Elgon