The Hot Zone By Richard Preston Links: 1.) Richard Preston: http://richardpreston.net/about-richard-preston 2.) The Hot Zone Reviews: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/book_0695.html 3.) Essay: The Hot Zone is a true story about an Ebola virus outbreak originating in Kenya‚ Africa at Kitum Cave on Mount. Algon. This outbreak happened In the 1990’s‚ which devastated many of the surrounding areas and people found this virus to be spreading to many
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The Hot Zone Summary | Part 1‚ Chapter 1 Something in the Forest Summary Chapter one introduces the reader to Charles Monet. He is a French expatriate working on a sugar plantation in western Kenya. The story begins on New Year’s Day‚ 1980‚ when Charles and a woman take an overnight trip to Mount Elgon‚ a formerly active volcano. During their trip‚ they visit Kitum Cave. After returning to his quiet life‚ Monet becomes ill. The reader knows that he is experiencing a catastrophic illness‚ but Charles
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before contact. sputum- throw-up‚ vomit‚ oral discharge adrenaline- A hormone secreted by the medulla of the adrenal gland‚ especially in times of stress or injury. Chapter 1: Something In The Forest 1. Who is Charles Monet? 2. What happens to Monet? 3. (pages 4-6) The author uses a sensory image of hot and cold in describing the case. Why? 4. The author makes a distinction between lethal and nonlethal contagion. What is the difference?
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1. There are a number of characters in this book‚ choose one and tell us why you would want to be that person. Throughout this book we are introduced to many interesting and riveting characters but in my opinion one of the best characters in this book would have to be Major Nancy Jaax. She was a veterinarian in the Army‚ and her work at Fort Detrick in Maryland often took her away from her children. Consequently‚ she often made up batches of meals in advance so they could easily be thawed and reheated
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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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started dying. Samples were sent to Fort Detrick (USAMRIID) for study. At the time‚ people thought the virus was Simian hemorrhagic fever virus‚ a fever harmless to humans but almost always fatal to other primates. When they sent it to biosafety level 3‚ one of the samples appeared to be contaminated with the harmless hemorrhagic fever virus. Two USAMRIID scientists exposed themselves to the virus by sniffing the flask. When they tested the samples with known Level 4 agents‚ only EBOV reacted. After
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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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Part 1‚ Chapter 1 Something in the Forest Summary Chapter one introduces the reader to Charles Monet. He is a French expatriate working on a sugar plantation in western Kenya. The story begins on New Year’s Day‚ 1980‚ when Charles and a woman take an overnight trip to Mount Elgon‚ a formerly active volcano. During their trip‚ they visit Kitum Cave. After returning to his quiet life‚ Monet becomes ill. The reader knows that he is experiencing a catastrophic illness‚ but Charles and those who
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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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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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