Summary Richard Preston’s Hot Zone is a horrific narration of the origin of filoviruses and their encounter with humans. These viruses include Marburg virus (MARV)‚ Ebola virus (EBOV) and Sudan virus (SUDV). They are also known as Biosafety Level 4 agents because they are extremely dangerous to humans and have no treatments or cure. Section 1: The Shadow of Mount Elgon This section details Charles Monet’s visit to Kitum cave‚ which is located in Mount Elgon‚ Kenya. During this trip‚ Monet
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virus is known as Reston-Ebola and was identified in1989 when it infected monkeys that were being imported to Reston‚ Virginia from Philippines. The virus also has infected some of the patients‚ but the patients did not develop the Ebola hemorrhagic fever. The fourth subtype had occurred during 1994 when an ethnologist was during a necropsy on a dead chimpanzee. The ethnologist accidentally infected herself while she was performing the necropsy on the chimpanzee. Ebola has become more prevalent
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Suzette Arango-Chavez Professor Wicher English 1301 11:45 A.M. - 12:40 A.M. Cause and Effect 10/31/2014 Ebola: Todays Most Feared Virus or will we survive? Recently our world has been in panic about a contagious virus called Ebola. As more and more people come in contact with this horrible disease‚ we learn more and more about it. We learn where it came from‚ how you can contract the virus‚ and most importantly what might be the cure for it. This disease is quickly spreading around the world. Unsafe
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November 4‚ 2013 Ebola‚ The Lethal Virus Ebola has made its mark on the world over the past three decades. Since the first Ebola outbreak in 1976‚ numerous countries have come together in order to solve the mystery of the history of Ebola. Within a matter of days of symptoms presenting‚ the victims die an unimaginable death. Ebola is one of the most lethal viruses known to man with only one in every ten infected surviving (1). Key factors in understanding Ebola
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fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90% in past outbreaks. The time interval from infection with the virus to the onset of symptoms is 2 to 21 days. Humans are not infectious until they develop symptoms. The first symptoms are a sudden onset of fever‚ fatigue‚ muscle pain‚ headache and sore throat. This is followed by severe vomiting‚ diarrhea‚ rash‚ symptoms
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Plot Outline: Ebola is very much a hardy virus that can live outside of the human body‚ unlike HIV. It can be found in trace amounts in tears‚ blood‚ and even on the surface of the skin. The virus operates by attacking the vital organs‚ causing massive bleeding internally and externally. There is no cure‚ no treatment‚ and death usually occurs within 10 days. A close relative of Ebola was first seen in Europe in 1967 when workers at a pharmaceutical plant in Marburg‚ Germany began to mysteriously
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Orly Villalonga 11/09/2014 Ebola Virus Ebola hemorrhagic fever‚ or Ebola for short‚ has caused many socio-cultural‚ political‚ and economic implications throughout the world. There have been many diseases and viruses throughout history that have caused turmoil and have changed the way the world functions. However‚ what makes this disease so detrimental is through the way that it is passed and the health implications it has on an individual with the disease. Although Ebola has been around since 1976
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Sandra Alexander The Hot Zone: A Scary Truth Richard Preston weaves a true tale about a chilling story of an Ebola virus (A disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium‚ consisting of a shell made of proteins and membranes and a core containing DNA or RNA. A virus depends on living cells in order to replicate.) outbreak that occurs in a suburban Washington‚ D.C. laboratory in 1989. In this laboratory‚ monkeys being used in scientific experiments quickly sicken and die due to a filovirus
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It quickly moves from cell to cell‚ multiplying and destroying as it goes. Your cells become so destroyed and mangled that they eventually explode. Soon after this‚ you begin to show the symptoms of the virus. This includes headaches‚ backaches‚ fever‚ vomiting‚ hemorrhaging both internally and externally‚ your skin is jaundice‚ with pink lesions all over it and your face seems comatose. Internally‚ you bleed into yourself. The patient usually dies within ten days of the first symptoms. The final
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historical fiction book Fever 1793 takes place in Philadelphia‚ PA‚ a place taken over by the Yellow Fever. Matilda “Mattie” Cook goes through horrid experiences throughout the story‚ such as death‚sickness‚ and learning how to mature on her own. By using analogies and descriptive words‚ Laurie Halse Anderson creates the lesson that although Mattie faced many tough times in Fever 1793‚ she learned how to adapt and this made her an overall more independent and mature person. In the book Fever 1793 Mattie goes
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