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The Hot Zone

The Hot Zone

by Richard Preston
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The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus.A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zonetells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zoneproves that truth really is scarier than fiction. From the Paperback edition.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780385479561
ISBN10 0385479565
Series/Work OL761342W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Anchor Books Doubleday
Language EN-US
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Animal experimentation Animals Besmetting Communicable diseases Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Ebolavirus Ebola Virus Ebola-Virus Ebola virus disease Epidemias Epidemiology Ji shi wen xue Krankheit Large type books Marburg virus disease Marburg Virus Disease Molecular virology Monkey Diseases New York Times bestseller nyt:health=2014-10-12

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