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The Hot Zone, A Terrifying True Story is a best-selling 1994 non-fiction bio-thriller by Richard Preston about the origins of incidents involving hemorrhagic fevers and both the Ebola and Marburg viruses. The basis of the book was an article written by Preston for his 1992 New Yorker article "Crisis in the Hot Zone". The filoviruses Ebola and Marburg are both Biosafety Level 4 agents (because they are extremely lethal to humans and very infectious), that are often found in central Africa. Along... full article at wikipedia
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  • 1995
  • 0385479565
  • 1999
  • 9780385495226
  • 1995
  • 9780385479561
  • 1999
  • 9780785775973
  • 1995
  • 1568952058
  • 1995
  • 0552143030
  • 2007
  • 9780743565387
  • 1997
  • 9783426772577
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  • 0385406312
  • 1994
  • 0679430946
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