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The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 614.57
EAN: 9780385495226
ISBN: 0385495226
Label: Anchor
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishUnknownEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: June 15, 1999
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: June 15, 1999
Studio: Anchor
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Editorial Review: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 Zone tells 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 Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction.
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The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban Washington, D.C. laboratory, with descriptions of frightening historical epidemics of rare and lethal viruses. More hair-raising than anything Hollywood could think of, because it's all true.
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In the book Hot Zone by Richard Preston, we are taken through a journey through some of the most dangerous viruses ever found. The filoviruses: Marburg, Ebola Zaire, and Ebola Reston. (A filovirus is a virus which resembles a hook. It is made simply of 7 proteins, 4 of which have never been seen before). It describes the gruesome details of what happens when a human or monkey body is infected with one of these horrifying diseases. The descriptions are far more vivid and disturbing than probably most ... Read More
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I am a huge fan of Stephen King, but the most frightening tale I've read in a long time was penned by author Richard Preston, whose book The Hot Zone, is rooted in reality and tells the story of how the destruction of the rain forests--particularly in Africa--are unleashing new and frightening viruses. King himself wrote of the first chapter, "The first chapter of The Hot Zone is one of the most horrifying things I've read in my whole life--and then it gets worse. That's what I keep marveling over: ... Read More
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I read this as it was required for a course but ended up loving it.
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I could not believe it when I saw this book among the banned books displayed in my state's university library. This book is not fiction. It was banned because it is scarey. Give me a break! This book gives an awesome accounting of what happens with some of the world's most deadliest viruses, both in the handling of them and symptoms they present. It is scarey to read, yes, but so what? It is real-life and real-life can be scarey sometimes. Readers be glad you are not experiencing any of these viruses first ... Read More
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This is a frisson inducing tale of devastation - past and possible - that some of the deadliest, and yet simplest, viruses can wreak. Written like a sophisticated bio-sci-fi horror-thriller, except it is based on true events. Terrifying and fast-paced beginning, and then settles into a more measured and slower pace.
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