Primate Quarantine Unit in Reston, Virginia, began dying from a

mysterious disease at an alarming rate. The monkeys, imported from the

Philippines, were to be sold as laboratory animals. Twenty-nine of a

shipment of one hundred died within a month. Dan Dalgard, the

veterinarian who cared for the monkeys, feared they were dying from

Simian Hemorrhagic Fever, a disease lethal to monkeys but harmless to

humans. Dr. Dalgard decided to enlist the aid of the United States

Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to

help diagnose the case. On November 28th, Dr. Peter Jahlring of the

Institute was in his lab testing a virus culture from the monkeys.

Much to his horror, the blood tested positive for the deadly Ebola

Zaire virus. Ebola Zaire is the most lethal of all strains of Ebola.

It is so lethal that nine out of ten of its victims die. Later, the

geniuses at USAMRIID found out that it wasn't Zaire, but a new

that they don a space suit and work with highly lethal viruses on a

particles. A big point that Preston wanted to get across was the fact

the jungles of Africa, and in two outbreaks in Zaire and Sudan wiped

courage, brilliance and sometimes petty rivalries. Others, like Dr.

that the public thinks that the HIV virus is quite possibly the most

Upon reading The Hot Zone, one could easily believe that this

Nancy Jaax have lived rather conventional lives, aside from the fact

horrible virus on Earth, when no one takes into mind the effects and

trail. Some like Dr. Joe McCormick, Karl Johnson, and CJ Peters spent

Africa, some narrowly escaping death. Their work is filled with

airborne strain of Ebola could emerge and circle the world in about

USAMRIID and the Center for Disease Control. Preston writes

Washington DC is too terrifying to contemplate. Theoretically, an

of Ebola, which they named Ebola Reston. This was added to the list of

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