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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
Contributor(s): Preston, Richard (Author)

ISBN: 0385479565 ISBN-13: 9780385479561
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group

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Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1995
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Annotation: 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.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Diseases - Contagious
- Science | Research & Methodology
- Medical | Forensic Medicine

Dewey: 614.57

LCCN: 95005751

Lexile Measure: 1030(Not Available)

Physical Information: 1" H x 4.1" W x 6.8" L (0.45 lbs) 480 pages

Features: Glossary, Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Awards: Garden State Teen Book Award, Winner, Nonfiction, 1998

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/10/1995
Entertainment Weekly 08/20/2010 pg. 128
Entertainment Weekly 12/12/2014 pg. 72

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 17818
Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
The bestselling landmark account of the first emergence of the Ebola virus.

Now a mini-series drama starring Julianna Margulies, Topher Grace, Liam Cunningham, James D'Arcy, and Noah Emmerich on National Geographic.

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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