The book begins with a French Man‚ nicknamed Charles Monet‚ visiting the Kitum Cave*. A few days after‚ he begins to suffer from symptoms such as vomiting‚ red eye‚ and back pain. He is later taken to the Nairobi Hospital*. There‚ he goes into a coma and dies. Shem Musoke was infected by exposure to Charles’ blood and vomit. Musoke developed symptoms from the filovirus* and survived. This particular filovirus was found to be the Marburg virus*. Dr. Nancy Jaax had been promoted to the Level 4* Biosafety
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The Hot Zone The Hot Zone is a best-selling 1994 non-fiction bio-thriller by Richard Preston about the origins and incidents involving viral hemorrhagic fevers‚ particularly Ebola viruses and Marburg viruses. This book is based upon an outbreak of the Ebola virus in a monkey house located in the Washington‚ D.C. suburb of Reston‚ Virginia. The author weaves together the tales of several previous outbreaks in Africa to describe clearly the potential damage such an outbreak could cause. The first
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The Twilight Zone This applicant shows that her interest in public interest law flows naturally from her volunteer activities and life experiences. When you finish this essay‚ do you have a sense of unity and completion? She tied her conclusion both to the highlights of the body and her lead. The last thing I remember is falling asleep during a late night rerun of the Twilight Zone. So when it happened‚ it was especially eerie‚ like I had stepped into a lost episode‚ but Rod Serling was nowhere
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Climate Zones according to their locations Have you ever wondered why Alaska and Mexico differ in climates? The average temperature in each zone or region determines the climate and their respective classification. There are three climate zones: the tropical‚ temperate‚ and polar zones. The changes in climate differ because the earth revolves and rotates around the sun in a counter- clockwise direction. These zones are important for the earth because they characterize how the climate in each
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The Blue Zones Analysis How we live‚ affects how long we live. In recent studies‚ lifestyle affects 75% of our longevity. This means that our genes and diseases only affect 25% of how long we will live. The Blue Zones takes author Dan Buettner to longevity hot spots around the globe where a disproportionate number of people live a very long time. These hot spots are called blue zones. The term‚ “blue zone”‚ sounded a bit intimidating at first. I was expecting a scientific lesson on genes and aging
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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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Should the law in relation to contact and residence orders be amended to include a presumption that children should live with their genetic parents‚ unless their welfare positively demands otherwise? There has been much debate to the law in relation to contact and residence and whether there should be a presumption that children should live with their genetic parents unless their welfare positively demands otherwise. This essay will look at the advantages and disadvantages on whether the child’s
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The Hot Zone by Richard Preston was published in New York in 1994‚ consisting of 422 pages. I would rate this book a six because of its sporadic storyline. It provided some scenes that glued my eyes to the pages and made my stomach turn inside out‚ but overall it was not the type of book preference I would recommend for readers like me who enjoy a book that can keep you on edge and has lots of twist and turns to it. In the late 1900s there were these unknown diseases that were making people die
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Ever wonder what a party during the famed‚ Mardi Gras day would be like when an old rich man is on his deathbed while his greedy family is bedside? In Serling’s episode‚ “The Masks” in the famed tv show‚ The Twilight Zone‚ Jason Foster is the dying old rich man whose views of his family members are most beneficial and realistic for the viewer as he forces them to wear grotesque masks which inevitably is the antithesis of what the family sees themselves as. The realistic personalities of the family
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