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The hot zone / Richard Preston.

Author: Preston, Richard, 1954-

Publisher: New York : Random House, 1994.

ISBN: 0679430946

Description: xiii, 300 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subject: Primates as laboratory animals.
Ebola virus disease Virginia Reston.
Ebola virus disease Africa.

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

Summary: 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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Austin-Irving Adult RC140.5.P74 1994 Hardcover Not checked out 01/10/2012
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