Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Preston, Richard, frey50

The hot zone / Print Richard Preston. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c1994. - xiii, 300 p. : map ; 24 cm. Hardback book

The shadow of Mount Elgon -- The monkey house -- Smashdown -- Kitum Cave.

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 virus. The book tells this dramatic story, giving an account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race.

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Ebola virus disease--Virginia--Reston.
Ebola virus disease--Africa.
Primates as laboratory animals.
Epidemias--Africa.
Virus Diseases--epidemiology--Africa.
Virus Diseases--epidemiology--Virginia.
Monkey Diseases--epidemiology--Africa.
Monkey Diseases--epidemiology--Virginia.
Ebola-Virus.
Animal experimentation.
Animals--Africa.
Communicable diseases.

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